Vegetarian and Hybrid Countries

Vegetarian and Hybrid Countries
By Kyle Knuth

In the future America might want to take a page out of Britain’s book who consumes half as much meat a year. To make the world a more sustainable place we all need to make adjustments and follow the examples, and theories other countries have already made. Grain and bean based foods are becoming more popular making food more sustainable and saving us all money. Britain is doing a good job not wasting all of their grain by feeding it to livestock; or gathering many livestock together creating a giant source of methane gas destroying the environment. So why doesn’t America become more vegetarian? Well it is probably because meat tastes good, this does not however mean Americans should cut out red meat entirely. If we could all just cut back a little, switching to more vegetarian friendly foods we could create a better world. China, India, France, and many other countries are currently trying to become more vegetarian in nature. If America is trying to become more sustainable they should focus more on a vegetarian friendly lifestyle.
America should also look at Japan when it comes to Hybrid vehicles. Japan buys many of the hybrid cars although America is doing well to try and keep up. I think that becoming a vegetarian is still more beneficial to the environment than a hybrid car but this does not mean that we should not still buy them. We like Japan should do more research to make the hybrid car even more sustainable. Creating a better process for manufacturing the battery and car may be one way to help the environment. Also, using different or more sustainable materials could help make the cost of a hybrid less expensive. The Japanese cars like Toyota and Honda are currently leading the new wave of hybrid cars. I think that the U.S. should start to create their own hybrid cars. If everyone worked on creating a more sustainable car then the prices would be reduced as well as toxic waste emissions.


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