You choose to reply to an 11 month old post???
Yes, it was salient as we're ordering our second MS and I'd not previously noticed the comments that somehow seemed to suggest that domestic abuse (?) needed a ranking on the scale of evil. But that's only part of it.
Most of the folks on this forum are Model S owners or prospective owners, hence the important of reviving AND redirecting the conversation to where it matters (and this may seem harsh or extreme, but please bear with me): Ms. Munter's Model S (and ours) are vegan, but ALL Teslas should be given the overwhelming evidence that using the parts of slaughtered animals, in Teslas and elsewhere, is overwhelmingly bad for our planet.
As you'll see in the UN FAO report below, this is a no-brainer.
Elon helped start Tesla to help achieve sustainable transport. This is why we've purchased two thus far, with many more to come.
But to be forced to jump through hoops to ensure ours are vegan is, frankly, absurd. The overwhelming GHG emissions from livestock, and their massive strength relative to CO2, are quite well known. It's just the avenue by which we will get Tesla to acknowledge this and fix it that's in question. In the interim, we hope that education and public pressure will move the needle for Tesla, and we're likely to use a resolution at the next shareholders' meeting to point this out should Tesla fail to act in accordance with its own core principles within the near future.
Hence, the revival of this thread.
Thanks for your thoughts, and tolerating my long-winded reply
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This damning UN report came out in 2006, well before the first Tesla Roadster was sold:
United Nations News Centre - Rearing cattle produces more greenhouse gases than driving cars, UN report warns
Rearing cattle produces more greenhouse gases than driving cars, UN report warns
“Livestock are one of the most significant contributors to today’s most serious environmental problems,” senior UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) official Henning Steinfeld said. “Urgent action is required to remedy the situation.”
Cattle-rearing is also a major source of land and water degradation, according to the FAO report, Livestock’s Long Shadow–Environmental Issues and Options, of which Mr. Steinfeld is the senior author.
“The environmental costs per unit of livestock production must be cut by one half, just to avoid the level of damage worsening beyond its present level,” it warns.
When emissions from land use and land use change are included, the livestock sector accounts for 9 per cent of CO2 deriving from human-related activities, but produces a much larger share of even more harmful greenhouse gases. It generates 65 per cent of human-related nitrous oxide, which has 296 times the Global Warming Potential (GWP) of CO2. Most of this comes from manure.
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