Animal agriculture accounts for at least half of all human-caused greenhouse gases. Animal agriculture and its byproducts are therefore responsible for 51% of annual worldwide greenhouse gas emissions or 32.6 billion tons of CO2 per year. This is according to Robert Goodland and Jeff Anhang, co-authors for “Livestock and Climate Change”.
Greenhouse gases are a collective term for various gases that are able to trap heat in the atmosphere and in this way keeping the earth’s surface warmer than it would be if the gases were not present. These gases are the fundamental cause of the greenhouse effect. The increase in the amount of greenhouse gases we release enhances this effect, and that is creating global warming and climate change. Even without …show more content…
477 gallons of water are required to produce 1 pound of eggs, almost 900 gallons of water are needed for 1 pound of cheese and 1,000 gallons of water are required to produce 1 gallon of milk. Agriculture accounts for approximately 80 to 90 % of U.S consumptive water use. 5% of water consumed in the US is by private homes. 55% of water consumed in the US is for animal agriculture.
According to the “Save our water” campaign, the average Californian uses 196 gallons of water per day around the house. This means that 1 pound of beef is equivalent to about 13 days’ worth of water for one person alone living in California. Californians use 1500 gallons of water per person per day, close to half is associated with meat and dairy products. California is in a drought and just by cutting out egg, meat and dairy products from their diet they can reduce their water use by almost half of the amount they a using now.
2.5% of all water on earth is freshwater, and it is not fully renewable in our lifetime.
Many aquifers, which are underground layers of water-bearing rocks, are being emptied at rates as high as 250 times their ability to recharge. Deep groundwater aquifers that took tens of thousands of years to form are rapidly being drained in many areas of the
Greenhouse gases are a collective term for various gases that are able to trap heat in the atmosphere and in this way keeping the earth’s surface warmer than it would be if the gases were not present. These gases are the fundamental cause of the greenhouse effect. The increase in the amount of greenhouse gases we release enhances this effect, and that is creating global warming and climate change. Even without …show more content…
477 gallons of water are required to produce 1 pound of eggs, almost 900 gallons of water are needed for 1 pound of cheese and 1,000 gallons of water are required to produce 1 gallon of milk. Agriculture accounts for approximately 80 to 90 % of U.S consumptive water use. 5% of water consumed in the US is by private homes. 55% of water consumed in the US is for animal agriculture.
According to the “Save our water” campaign, the average Californian uses 196 gallons of water per day around the house. This means that 1 pound of beef is equivalent to about 13 days’ worth of water for one person alone living in California. Californians use 1500 gallons of water per person per day, close to half is associated with meat and dairy products. California is in a drought and just by cutting out egg, meat and dairy products from their diet they can reduce their water use by almost half of the amount they a using now.
2.5% of all water on earth is freshwater, and it is not fully renewable in our lifetime.
Many aquifers, which are underground layers of water-bearing rocks, are being emptied at rates as high as 250 times their ability to recharge. Deep groundwater aquifers that took tens of thousands of years to form are rapidly being drained in many areas of the