The Greenhouse HAMBURGER
- Producing beef for the table has a surprising environmental cost: it releases prodigious amounts of heat-trapping greenhouse gases
- Cows emit between 2.5 and 4.7 ounces of methane for each pound of beef they produce.
- Every greenhouse gas is usually expressed as an amount of CO2
- The meat in our diets produce a lot of CO2.
- Sam Soret of Loma Linda University estimated that producing a pound of beef protein for the table requires more than 10 pounds of plant protein
- Cows are a big contributor to CO2 in the atmosphere.
- Beef consumption is rising rapidly, both as population increases and as people eat more meat.
- Producing the annual beef diet of the average America emits as much as greenhouse
Food’s carbon footprint is the greenhouse gas emissions produced by growing, rearing, farming, processing, transporting, storing, cooking and disposing of the food you eat. Transport, housing and food have the three largest carbon footprints. Food produces about 8 tons of emissions per household, or about 17% of the total. The FAO report found that current production levels of meat contribute between 14 and 22 percent of the 36 billion tons of "CO2-equivalent" greenhouse gases the world produces every year.
There are several ways we can do to reduce carbon
So what?
- We must reduce Carbon Footprint to fight against global warming
What if?
- we start using methane-capturing system?
Says who?
- Nathan Fiala
What does this remind me of?
- This reminds me of the Food Inc
- Cows emit between 2.5 and 4.7 ounces of methane for each pound of beef they produce.
- Every greenhouse gas is usually expressed as an amount of CO2
- The meat in our diets produce a lot of CO2.
- Sam Soret of Loma Linda University estimated that producing a pound of beef protein for the table requires more than 10 pounds of plant protein
- Cows are a big contributor to CO2 in the atmosphere.
- Beef consumption is rising rapidly, both as population increases and as people eat more meat.
- Producing the annual beef diet of the average America emits as much as greenhouse
Food’s carbon footprint is the greenhouse gas emissions produced by growing, rearing, farming, processing, transporting, storing, cooking and disposing of the food you eat. Transport, housing and food have the three largest carbon footprints. Food produces about 8 tons of emissions per household, or about 17% of the total. The FAO report found that current production levels of meat contribute between 14 and 22 percent of the 36 billion tons of "CO2-equivalent" greenhouse gases the world produces every year.
There are several ways we can do to reduce carbon
- use proteins such as beans, lentils, tofu, etc. to replace meat, cheese and eggs
- make sure you are getting enough iron and zinc by including lots of whole grains, beans and a variety of vegetables
- invest in some vegetarian or vegan cookery books and have fun experimenting
- don’t rely on vegetarian processed foods.
So what?
- We must reduce Carbon Footprint to fight against global warming
What if?
- we start using methane-capturing system?
Says who?
- Nathan Fiala
What does this remind me of?
- This reminds me of the Food Inc