posted 10-16- 10:46 AM            

The Greenpeace Diet

It turns out cutting beef production by 20% and eating more kangaroo instead would reduce Australia's carbon emissions by about 15 million metric tons a year by 2020. So says a report commissioned by Greenpeace.

The report proposes two scenarios for reducing Australia's emissions by 30% from 1990 levels. Warmer home insulation, more efficient water heaters, better public transport are good. Also, a shift away from grass-guzzling, methane-belching beef cattle to the more eco-friendly kangaroo.