Research ideas.

What activities or products do you use that might be a good topic for your research?  What will you need to know in order to evaluate the impact you are having by using these products?  Write three questions that you would like to answer while doing your research.

     As for ideas for my essay, I'm currently leaning towards the impact of eating meat on the environment. I am an animals rights activist, but have struggled with the idea of becoming vegetarian. Hopefully doing an essay on the effects of eating meat might be able to influence me a little more.
     My back-up ideas include the hour long drives that I take when I get stressed out, or the ridiculous amount of money I spend on hairdye.

     Assuming I go with my topic of eating meat and its effect on the environment, there are several things I will need to know. First, it might be a good idea to figure out how America's meat factories and slaughterhouses are run. Do they put out many pollutants? How many animals do they feed on an average basis? What kind of food do they feed their animals? Are the animals being fed chemicals and steroids in an effort to 'bulk them up'? Are these chemicals good for humans to ingest? 

     Then, it would probably be a good idea to figure out how much meat the average American consumes. I also think it would be important to figure out the environmental impact of these farm animals on the environment, too. I've seen many documentaries on how horribly the American slaughterhouses are being run, so I'm sure there's many resources available for me to use regarding how healthy these meat factories are for the environment. And most importantly, I hope to answer the question: Is it healthier for the environment for humans to be vegetarians, or meat-eaters?