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are more than the vegetarians. Innocent animals are assaulted for the same of pleasing the palate. But by reading the first chapter, title- "Milk, Meat and Animal Violence" by Maneka Gandhi, our notion regarding the dairy products and meat that it gives a lot of protein and iron completely changes. She says vegetables are the best source of iron. She further says that the meat industries are responsible for huge amount of desertification. Research declares that four lacs people in India die out of meat eating every year through heart disease, colon cancer or by kidney failures. Now-adays vegetarianism is gaining ground among intellectuals who appreciate alcohol and meat consumption. Francois peroux, director of the Institute of Mathematics and Economics in Paris, has suggested that "if meat and alcohol consumption in the west were reduced by 50%, the grain that would become available would be enough to solve all hunger and malnutrition problems in the third world war. Vegetarian life style, if adopted will not only solve the present problem of deforestation which has disturbed the stable climate that world has enjoyed for the last 10,000 years but it will lead nation towards development without destruction. Limitation of desires and consumption
The self egocentric attitude and desire to enjoy the utmost sophisticated technological comforts has led to the problem of environmental pollution. Each family member has his own independent conveyance, this has led to the tremendous air pollution and vehicle exhaust has led to the several road accidents. According to the World Watch Institute Report, there are all over 500 million automobiles on earth and about 19 million more are added each year and by 2010 it is likely to be doubled: 0 The global vehicle population growth is causing major green house gas and the toxic emissions like 60% of Carbon monoxide emissions, 42% of Nitrogen oxides, 40% of the Hydro carbon, etc. are responsible for over half of the global warming problem." Emissions of these pollutants depends on the number of vehicle in use and their emission rates. The IPCC scientists conclude that in the absence of efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions through restrain (bhogopabhoga-parimāņa), sea levels will rise by between 10 and 30 cm by the year 2030, and by 30 to 100 cm by the end of the next
