Livestock A Major Threat To The Environment
February 4th, 2008 by Vihar Sheth | Posted in Climate Change, VegetarianismJust a little reminder from the Sierra Club:
Livestock create a beefy portion of all greenhouse-gas emissions: 18 percent, according to the United Nations. Could the answer be as simple as two slices of bread and a slathering of peanut butter and jelly? Perhaps. Compared with a burger, this classic sandwich saves as much as 2.5 pounds of carbon dioxide, 280 gallons of water, and 50 square feet of land–even more if you wash it down with a glass of soy milk. “You don’t have to change your whole diet to change the world,” says the PB&J Campaign. “Just start with lunch.”
The report referenced is a little more than a year old but the facts hold true. The difference in resources used between just one sandwich is mind blowing!
