"UC Davis Associate Professor and Air Quality Specialist Frank Mitloehner says that McCartney and the chair of the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ignored science last week when they launched a European campaign called 'Less Meat = Less Heat.' The launch came on the eve of a major international climate summit, which runs Dec. 7 through Dec. 18 in Copenhagen.
McCartney and others, such as the promoters of 'meatless Mondays,' seem to be well-intentioned but not well-schooled in the complex relationships among human activities, animal digestion, food production and atmospheric chemistry, says Mitloehner.
'Smarter animal farming, not less farming, will equal less heat,' Mitloehner said. 'Producing less meat and milk will only mean more hunger in poor countries.'"
