Racnad

I've never tried being a vegetarian, but from what I've read and from people I know who have tried it, it's not for everyone. It is difficult to get all the protein & amino acids one needs from exclusively vegetable sources, and many people who try end up feeling less healthy, and then quit. This is supported by abundant evidence that the omnivore diet is the natural diet of humans. Ancient humans ate vegetables most of the time, and meat when they could.

My other objection is more personal. I've been a skinny guy most of my life, and a couple of years ago I started exercising & eating to delevelop more of a muscular athletic physique. This requires lots of protein, and not from soy. Very few vegetarians are the type of guy you see in the "hunk" calendars. The few guys who are most likely have the genetics to look that way without much deliberate effort.

Ok, you may accuse me of wanting to melt the polar icecaps so I can have bigger biceps, but is that any worse than saying "beef and chicken are yummy?"

As for global warming, I feel like I came here late for the debate, but I'll add this:

The global warming debate is really several different questions meshed together:

1) Is there really a warming trend?

2) If so, are human activities a significant factor in the warming trend?

3) If a warming trend exists, is it harmful as a whole?

All three questions should be considered separately, but they are usually not.