Contrails left by airplanes are believed to be a cause for global warming.   But when boats leave contrails it’s a different story.  The NYTimes recently ran an article on shrimp boats that trawl the ocean floor.  These boat drag nets across the sea floof, killing everything in their wake and stirring up mud that kills everything else by suffocation.  These boats and the destruction they perform are photographed from space and can be seen on google earth.  As you can see, these images are pretty disturbing. 

Read the whole story at the NYTimes  (via Ethicurean)

Author Information -  During his spare time Eric writes for and maintains wannaveg.com. For his day job he works for an electronics company in San Diego, CA. Eric has been a vegetarian for about 10 years and believes that going 'green' and reducing meat consumption go hand-in-hand.

Tags: Environment, trawling