19 Jan An Appeal to Former VP Al Gore
Dear Mr. Gore,
Would you like to work with me on a total system transformation from our current system of normalized violence to a new system of normal nonviolence?
I know that you are aware of the enormous land use opportunity cost of animal agriculture and the aerosol cooling opportunity benefit of fossil fuels. Therefore, your singular focus on fossil fuel reduction — while ignoring the cow in the room of animal agriculture — might seem perverse to any thinking person.
However, it is perfectly in alignment with your often stated objective to preserve “civilization as we know it.”
I also know that you are a thoughtful and compassionate human being. Therefore, I would like to make the case to you that “civilization as we know it” is not worth preserving.
This civilization is a speciesist, colonialist, racist, ableist, patriarchal Rube Goldberg contraption based on an economic system that:
- One. Monetizes everything so that when dead trees have more economic value than living trees, it chops down trees. When dead animals have more economic value than living animals, it kills animals. Finally, when sick people have more economic value than healthy people, it sickens people.
- Two. Endangers life on earth through such biological annihilation, climate change and pandemics.
- Three. Addicts everyone into compulsive behaviors in the pursuit of endless economic growth.
- Four. Lies to our children about the protein myth, the calcium myth, Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny to promote such addictions.
- Five. Steals from the poor to enrich the wealthy in a reverse Robin Hood ecological Ponzi scheme.
This violent civilization was perhaps appropriate for the climate heating phase of humanity, but it is time to move on to our next climate healing phase. I invite you and other Climate Reality Leaders to join us at Climate Healers in this revolutionary endeavor.
Let’s work together, and work fast, or by 2026 it will be too late. The damage done will be irreversible. We can do it.
Rebecca Allen
Posted at 04:59h, 21 JanuaryThank you for writing this letter, Dr. Rao. I hope thousands sign on and spread the message in this letter. Hopefully our previous Vice-President will come to his senses and realize that hanging on to animal agriculture will lead us to extinction. It causes the greatest amount of deforestation and habitat loss and it keep us from sequestering the carbon that we could. If land used for animal agriculture was freed up and re-wilded by nature. As you have pointed out in your published paper Animal Agriculture is the Leading Cause of Climate Change we need to look at the facts.
I wonder if he ever saw the World Wildlife Fund’s Report on the loss of wildlife vertebrate populations, We have lost more than 68% of wildlife vertebrates since 1970. That’s horrendous and yet, the previous VP pretends animal agriculture is OK.
It’s time he stop selling himself and lies of Animal Agriculture.
I endorse your letter.
Paula Franklin
Posted at 03:21h, 29 JanuaryAny response yet? The youtube is dated 1/13/22.
Sailesh Rao
Posted at 13:51h, 04 FebruaryCrickets…