“Is giving up steak and hamburger really more difficult than things like keeping your house less climate controlled or cutting back on driving?”

“Actually… yeah. For the most part it is.

Here’s why. I can turn my heat/ coolness off and forget about it. I get caught up with other stuff and don’t notice that I’m a little hot or cold. It’s just become second nature.

But when I’m really hungry, that just slaps me right in the face. There’s no ignoring it, you have to eat. Sadly, in the majority of the country, if you’re out and about and need a full meal fast… your options are limited, and usually limited to meaty things.

So it takes more of a conscious effort for me to think ahead, buy vegetarian stuff at the store, bring it home, and have it constantly on hand. But it think that anything worth doing is worth doing well, and the idea that everything should be fast and effortless has run away with our commonsense. So I am working always toward lowering and lowering my intake of environmentally damaging foods, as well as reducing my own personal dependence on fossil fuels and electricity.

Everyone needs to pitch in, and pitch in in a holistic fashion.”

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