You will be surprised to know live stock sector contributes a whopping 18% to global green house gas emission!
Beef is the biggest culprit in live stock food sector. Here are some of the interesting statistics.
1. Beef accounts for 30% of meat consumption worldwide and in terms of carbon di
oxide (CO2) emission it contributes 78%.
2. One kg. of beef produces 16 kg. of CO2 gas emission. This emission is 4
times higher than that produced by 1 kg. of pork and 10 times greater than that of
a kg of poultry.
3. If one changes over to chicken from beef, the CO2 emission is cut down by 70%.
4. Meat production will double by the year 2050 with the present rate of increase in
population which is bound to increase emission of CO2 in a geometric proportion.
In the above dismal scenario, to save Planet Earth, meat consumption has to be reduced drastically by all of us.
Change over to vegetarian food. Eating vegetables is a healthier trend as accepted by researchers all over the world.
Let us appeal to our meat eating fellow mates as under:
Eat meat one day per week! Switchover from steak to salad! Let us be kind to our Planet Earth. Let us save our Planet to save ourselves!
Saturday, March 21, 2009
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That's a sensible eyeopener for non vegetarians and a sure enough promotion of vegetarianism. With mad cow disease one never knows what is in the cooking pot.
ReplyDeleteThis is very interesting. Good thing I'm more of a poultry person. Although, I'm guilty in eating beef once in a while especially when we're talking about ribs. Well, at least now, I'll make it a conscious effort to choose chicken.
ReplyDeleteBtw, thanks for visiting my site.