Beef Is Murder - For The Planet
Eating beef [and presumably drinking milk] is killing the planet by causing global warming:
“Producing 2.2lb of beef generates as much greenhouse gas as driving a car non-stop for three hours, it was claimed yesterday…
Taking into account all the processes involved… four average sized steaks generated greenhouse gases with a warming potential equivalent to 80.25lb of carbon dioxide.
This also consumed 169 megajoules of energy…
The amount of energy consumed would light a 100-watt bulb for 20 days.
Most of the greenhouse gas emissions are in the form of methane released from the animals’ digestive systems…
But more than two thirds of the energy used goes towards producing and transporting cattle feed” (The Telegraph)
So it is eating meat and drinking milk which is killing the planet, not driving cars and running electrical appliances. But these are pretty much fixable problems. The methane that cows produce can be “halved” through feeding them garlic. And much of the other energy outputs could be cut by cattle feed being made close to the cows, and by buying local. The Vegetarian Society are of course jumping on this, saying:
“Everybody is trying to come up with different ways to reduce carbon footprints, but one of the easiest things you can do is to stop eating meat.”
But I really don’t think I’ll be doing that. I like meat, and I will continue to eat meat - especially steak. Cooked medium-rare, it is absolutely gorgeous! Even if it is ‘killing the planet’.
Source: The Telegraph
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Beef is murder? that reminds me - I have a lovely beef soup waiting here. Yum.