Formerly used as a joke that global warming deniers liked to tell, the idea that cows create the bulk of greenhouse gasses is aptly demonstrated in the Dutch film Meat The Truth. Yes, cows. Not just their flatulence, but also the entire livestock-raising process, from growing the grain used in their feed to the distribution processes used to sell the meat. Meat The Truth starts where An Inconvenient Truth leaves off, that the American way of life, right down to what we eat, creates a larger carbon footprint than anywhere else in the world. We are just 5 percent of the world’s population yet we grow and kill nearly 10 billion animals a year, more than 15 percent of the world’s total. Americans consume on average 8 ounces of meat a day, nearly twice the global average.