Would you stop eating hamburgers to save the planet?
February 22nd, 2009
Time for a veggie burger?Do you know how much energy it takes to make a hamburger? More than you can imagine, which means the livestock industry also causes a lot of global warming, in addition to sucking up a massive amount of resources. In fact, 20% of global warming emissions come from the livestock industry, and beef alone causes almost 80 percent of those emissions (read more). Simply removing beef from our diet wouldn't just have a big effect on global warming, but on world hunger, for instance, as much more land would be available to produce food grains for people. Would you quite eating burgers to help the planet? Rate your views |
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