The dynamics of the ever-increasing global population influences the world in a multitude of ways, including the environment with respect to the cattle industry. According to Brooks (n.d.), the escalation of the meat industry parallels the growth of the global population, which includes the progressively expanding industrialization of the livestock industry in order to meet these growing demands of the population for beef as a mainstay protein. This industrialized industry constitutes a major threat to the environment because not only does it pollute the water, as well as the air, it plays a role in the ever-changing climate. Additionally, it dissipates many valued, as well as, precious world resources.
The beef industry influences global warming significantly, via greenhouse gas emissions. Brooks (n.d.) states that eighteen percent of the global greenhouse gas emission is from livestock production via the Livestock, Environment, and Development Initiative, otherwise known a LEAD. Furthermore, LEAD maintains that carbon monoxide and methane gas emissions account for an additional nine percent and thirty-seven percent respectively for greenhouse gas pollution worldwide. In accordance, The Associated Press (2014) further …show more content…
One must consider the transition of the beef from the onset to the final destination, the grocery market. This includes the amount of land required to raise the animal, the feed and fertilizer required to provide its sustenance, as well as the pollution associated in the process. A further consideration remains in the fact that deforestation such as the rain forest occur in this process to provide land or feed sources for the growth of the animal. The conclusion remains the individual’s decision as to the acceptability of the hidden environmental cost and the worth of it
The beef industry influences global warming significantly, via greenhouse gas emissions. Brooks (n.d.) states that eighteen percent of the global greenhouse gas emission is from livestock production via the Livestock, Environment, and Development Initiative, otherwise known a LEAD. Furthermore, LEAD maintains that carbon monoxide and methane gas emissions account for an additional nine percent and thirty-seven percent respectively for greenhouse gas pollution worldwide. In accordance, The Associated Press (2014) further …show more content…
One must consider the transition of the beef from the onset to the final destination, the grocery market. This includes the amount of land required to raise the animal, the feed and fertilizer required to provide its sustenance, as well as the pollution associated in the process. A further consideration remains in the fact that deforestation such as the rain forest occur in this process to provide land or feed sources for the growth of the animal. The conclusion remains the individual’s decision as to the acceptability of the hidden environmental cost and the worth of it