Comments on: Good oil / bad oil complex http://jcarrot.org/good-oil-bad-oil-complex Jews, Food, and Contemporary Issues Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:20:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rabbi Shmuel http://jcarrot.org/good-oil-bad-oil-complex/comment-page-1#comment-2321 Rabbi Shmuel Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:08:55 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/good-oil-bad-oil-complex/#comment-2321 Our maple farm is now not only horse powered, but cow powered as well - the small amount of electricity we use for lights and pumps is generated by local dairy farms with methane digesters which generate electricity which is sold back to the power companies. For years our horses and cattle generated the manure which formed the basis for our soil fertility. Granted, certain bovine flatulence such as "A meat-eating environmentalist is an oxymoron." is probably harmful to the atmosphere. Our maple farm is now not only horse powered, but cow powered as well – the small amount of electricity we use for lights and pumps is generated by local dairy farms with methane digesters which generate electricity which is sold back to the power companies. For years our horses and cattle generated the manure which formed the basis for our soil fertility. Granted, certain bovine flatulence such as “A meat-eating environmentalist is an oxymoron.” is probably harmful to the atmosphere.

]]> By: Aliza http://jcarrot.org/good-oil-bad-oil-complex/comment-page-1#comment-2313 Aliza Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:16:20 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/good-oil-bad-oil-complex/#comment-2313 I think he was probably referring to the more common cooking oils- corn and soy- that are indeed made from fossil fuels the same way HFCS and animal feed are. I think he was probably referring to the more common cooking oils- corn and soy- that are indeed made from fossil fuels the same way HFCS and animal feed are.

]]> By: Stephen Mendelsohn http://jcarrot.org/good-oil-bad-oil-complex/comment-page-1#comment-2286 Stephen Mendelsohn Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:32:01 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/good-oil-bad-oil-complex/#comment-2286 BS"D The above comment about how much oil goes into making beef is reflective of the true harm of animal-based diets to the environment. When you add the methane and nitrous oxide emissions from cattle and other farmed animals and their wastes, the environmental harm really adds up. Israeli olive oil, Chilean peaches or Chinese soy may actually be less taxing on the environment than "local" meat, in spite of the (on the surface, at least) added food miles. A meat-eating environmentalist is an oxymoron. BS”D

The above comment about how much oil goes into making beef is reflective of the true harm of animal-based diets to the environment. When you add the methane and nitrous oxide emissions from cattle and other farmed animals and their wastes, the environmental harm really adds up. Israeli olive oil, Chilean peaches or Chinese soy may actually be less taxing on the environment than “local” meat, in spite of the (on the surface, at least) added food miles. A meat-eating environmentalist is an oxymoron.

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