111. Pick Your Battles

Circulating the green and cycling blogospheres is this question:

Who is better for the environment: the Pruis-driving vegan or the meat-eating bicyclist?

Not quite up to Is God Dead? but still worth some thought.

By one analysis the vegan wins, but some critics have objected that if one were in to include the environmental costs of car and fuel production/disposal, then the pendulum swings back to the cyclist, even more so if the latter avoids beef.

Meanwhile, back in Seattle, on July 1st, another environmental question will fade into history: Paper or plastic? to be replaced by, "Did you bring your own bag or do you want a paper bag for 5 cents?"

Conclusion: stash your purchases in your pannier, and ride your bike to church.  Works for me.