Meat production consumes more energy and creates more pollution than transportation. This video left me wondering about the mental health of the workers at these auction lots or packing plants. Do they leave the brutality at the workplace when they go home? Or do they share it with their wives and children?
Paul Dorn is a writer, activist, creator of a popular bike commuting site, and co-author (with Roni Sarig) of The Bike to Work Guide: What You Need to Know to Save Gas, Go Green, Get Fit (Adams Media, 2009). He is the former editor of the Tube Times, newsletter of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (SFBC), and served on the SFBC board of directors. He is the former executive director of the California Bicycle Coalition. Dorn is certified by the League of American Bicyclists as a League Cycling Instructor (#1237).