More on the meat issue:

‘A recent report from The Archives of Internal Medicine found that regular eaters of red meat had a modestly higher risk of dying during a 10-year study period than those who ate very little meat. And beyond personal health, many people are finding other reasons to eat less meat. Several reports now say meat consumption contributes to global warming, and regular reports about animal cruelty and the meat industry have caused many people to lose their appetite for meat.’

via An Almost-Meatless Diet – Well Blog – NYTimes.com.

When economic turmoil is so severe, it really ought to be considered as a key factor in environmental policy decisions. For example, how can a economic/political system teetering on collapse be relied upon to maintain nuclear power plants? Apparently last September the whole global economony almost went south – and we’re still not out of the woods either:

From Daily Kos:

According to Rep. Paul Kanjorski (D) (PA-11), in mid-September of 2008, the United States of America came just three hours away from the collapse of the entire economy. In a span of 2 hours, $550 billion was drawn out of money market accounts in an electronic run on the banks.

Rep. Kanjorski: “It would have been the end of our economic system and our political system as we know it.”

Read the article and also see the revealing video testimony of Rep. Kanjorski: Daily Kos: USA was 3 hrs away from Economic, Political Collapse in September 2008.