Where Story Begins
I chose to be a vegetarian, and then a vegan for about 20 years.
For about three years from 2009 to 2011, I participated in a project to promote vegetarian diet to curb global warming. Members of the project were a group of animal-loving people. They are concerned about the Earth environment and climate change. In order to prepare speeches and presentation, I studied a lot of documents. That is how I learned a lot of shocking truths. We held lectures, speeches, and events to spread the messages, trying to awake awareness of the public.
In these three years, I have personally attended dozens of speeches. Together with all other members, there are hundreds of events were held. In addition, we were not the only group that promoted this. It is reasonable to assume that these messages have become basic awareness in everyone’s mind. However, this is not the case of this world.
Crisis Remains
Reports and data have been available for more than a decade. Scientists have continued to issue various warnings. But after a decade, little has changed. The underlying problem has not been addressed. Some of the solutions to curb global warming are inexplicable. For example, propose developing machines that capture carbon dioxide and then fix it in the soil. Install these machines on a large scale, or cover glaciers with carpets to inhibit melting, and etc.. The first suggestion is the original task of the trees. It would be putting the cart before the horse to spend a lot of money to develop such a machine.
The second suggestion is that the carpet covering glaciers is bound to be quite large, and the implementation effectiveness is yet to be proven. People have been covering glaciers with canvas on the Alps in Switzerland for nearly a decade, but the result is not impressive. Scientists of the Sichuan region in mainland China also tried to protect glaciers with a carpet not long ago. Their action only thickened the glaciers by one meter. That is only about a step distance for an adult. These actions are like pouring a cup of water on a burning cart. Do not help much to curb the great climate change. Moreover, both of them will bring bigger impact to the environment due to the large number of man made objects.
Except for the two invalid methods already known above, other proposals have not been tested and the results are unpredictable. In terms of the current critical situation, there is no time for human beings to experiment and test. Among the international measures currently promoted by the United Nations in response to climate change, only the Fund of Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) can be regarded as the right remedy. Unfortunately, it’s too slow and the global forest area is still disappearing at an unimaginable rate. And about the policies of promoting organic agriculture in various countries, if “organic” is just a name for products, and animals are still farmed and killed for food, it does not help to change the status quo at all.
Why the Book is Written
The situation of Earth is imminent. It is not possible to overcome the crisis by not wanting to face it or just beating around the bush. In Chinese culture, historical records have been valued since ancient times as a reminder for future generations not to repeat the same mistakes. The voices of many experts, scholars and conservationists from more than a decade ago have been drowned out, ignored, and forgotten in the explosive information of this era. In view of this, I create this EBook for a record and circulation. Compiling old information, supplementing with new data, using a lot of pictures and an arrangement easy to understand. Anyone who is reading it, please do keep in mind.
I hope this document will help you realize the relationship between human activities and Earth, and take action. If you are a teacher or a leader in any field, it is a great teaching or propaganda material. If you are a governmental officer, it is a basis for making relative policies. If you engage in livestock business, it tells you that it is time to change your career, because the future market is a world for vegan food. If you are the general public, I hope it will help you to become a vegan forever.
Written on January 15, 2021
