Time
is running out. World-renowned climatologist Dr. James Hansen of the
US-based National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), is now
urging the United States to lead in the efforts to counter climate
change. He stated, “We cannot now afford to put off change any longer.
We have to get on a new path within this new administration. We have
only four years left … to set an example to the rest of the world.”
Dr. Hansen emphasized the importance of implementing measures like a
carbon
tax, which would raise the price of fuels to deter use, and to totally
phase out the mining and use of coal. Dr. Hansen: Now if we want to
phase out the fossil fuels, which we’re going to have to do if we want
to maintain a planet that looks like the one that we inherited from our
parents, then we’re going to have to apply a price to the
carbon
emissions. And the way that that would work, if you wanted the public
to accept it, I think you have to give up 100% of that tax back to the
public.
VOICE: In an interview with Supreme Master Television,
Dr. Hansen had also highlighted the vegetarian solution in reducing
global
greenhouse gas emissions.
Dr. Hansen: If you eat further down on the food chain rather than animals, which have produced many greenhouse
gases, and used much energy in the process of growing that meat, you
can actually make a bigger contribution in that way than just about
anything. So that, in terms of individual action, is perhaps the best
thing you can do. But you also have to do things that influence the
decisions of policy makers.
VOICE: We express our
gratitude, Dr. James Hansen, for your courageous noble voice in alerting
the public about the importance of acting now to save our planet. May
we immediately adopt lifestyles that help sustain our precious Earth and
her inhabitants.
Supreme
Master Ching Hai explained via videoconference to our Association
members in Seattle, Washington, USA how a switch to the animal-free diet
is necessary for our planetary survival.
Supreme Master Ching Hai : The
more vegetarian people, the less killing of the animals, the more time
we have to rescue the planet and the lives on the planet. Stop the
killing, stop the harm to other people and the animals and save energies
every way possible and go green wherever possible. Then we still can
save the planet.