What Spring Brings

Ahh, the arrival of spring and summer. At least I hope it arrives soon; right now I’m not too sure as its the middle of May and I’m still wearing my woolies! History though assures us that it will warm up, and with warmer weather comes outdoor barbecues of flame broiled steaks, hot dogs and hamburgers, or picnics with grilled chicken, or ham sandwiches. Alas, along with the barbecue and picnic season arrives an increased barrage of anti-meat fanatics who, in a warm weather frenzy, blame everything from cancer, global warming, and even impotency on the consumption of meat and livestock farming. This absurd link between eating meat and climate change just doesn’t add up. Even if farmers stopped raising livestock and focused solely on growing grains, fruits, and vegetables to fill the resulting food void, they would still have to continue with ordinary farming activities; tilling the soil, fertilizing crops, harvesting, and transporting. Whether growing veggies, or raising livestock farming activities remain relatively the same, so a world of strictly vegetarians would still be a world producing carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, methane.