Red Meat and Global Warming
This little piece has just hit the airwaves commenting on the environmental impact of a diet heavy in animal products. The harmful effect of these foods on our health is no secret but at a time when global warming is starting to bite, the environmental impact of the livestock industry is also gaining attention.
The number and severity of droughts are increasing world wide. From Australia to Ankara entire cities, states and countries are running out of water. This is at a time when it takes up to 15 times the water to produce a kilo of meat protein as it does a kilo of vegetable protein.
In addition to this the 120 pounds of manure produced by the average cow daily seeps into our waterways rendering these undrinkable and 22% of the worlds global greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture of which 80% are produced by cattle. That’s more than industry or transport!!
Red meat is not only killing you, its killing our planet- so let’s have a think and try some alternatives.
Paul
Filed under: global warming, environment, health, turkey, red meat, livestock, water, drought, food, greenhouse gasses, cattle on September 17th, 2007
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