Calorie for Calorie, Eye for Eye

Here are a couple interesting links found:

A paper on the CO2 emissions from an animal-based diet, and another on the depletion of fish stocks

This information really shocks me, though I wonder if this is a phase or is the end really nigh? I've always been one "tuned" into trends and I've noticed with a sudden deluge of information suggesting the death of the planet. The links above are good starters. Or maybe my perception of the physical world around me has changed after watching An Inconvenient Truth. Or perhaps it is Nicholas Stern's recent scathing (though inaccurate) report on climate change? Or Greg Mankiw's discussion of Pigovian Taxes or even press coverage of Canada's steadfast refusal to implement the Kyoto Protocol. Even one of my favorite commentators, Thomas Homer-Dixon is talking about "tectonic stresses" that will destroy us all. Oh and don't forget nuclear annihilation. Yay!

Some more to digest (as I rework my reason for existing after drinking a slurpee):

Human Annihilation
End of Civilization
End of the World - Philosophical Views