Curbing the worlds, extensive and increasing appetite for meat is essential in the efforts against devastating climate change. Many conscientious people are trying to help contribute in the form of personal decisions, whether that is, driving more fuel-efficient cars, using energy-saving light bulbs, or taking care to recycle. However, the major contributor to this global meltdown takes on the form of the pot roast on your dinner plate. Multiple complications arise from the animal agriculture industry, whether that is the greenhouse gas emissions produced by the lifeline of the livestock or the consequences that inevitably appear such as, water pollution, deforestations, and biodiversity loss. If society is willing to put aside their steak
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But, the individual decisions stemming from eating choice and the consequences and dilemmas that result from a meat based diet is not usually taken into account for. Author John Robbins goes into detail explaining how, waste disposal appears to have no practical limitations in terms of areas to dump. Today, the waste that comes from factory farms overwhelmingly controls a large area of the planet. Moreover, the waste from these pastures absorbs into the ground, gets carried off by rivers and dumped into bays and gulfs. The nutrients present in the waste causes algal blooms that use up the oxygen within the water, creating “dead zones”. According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, more than twenty seven thousand miles of river has been contaminated by livestock waste. But it’s not only the waterways that run through this Earth that has been affected but also the forests that spread across the land. Ever since civilization came to be, acres of forest has been cleared for agriculture, domesticated animals and plants alike. But, farm animals take much more farmland then crops. At Brown University, the World Hunger Program as calculated that a with the an equal amount of land to both parties, a vegetarian diet could support six billion people compared to a meat rich diet that could only support two point six billion. With the population of humans already being over six billion, the only viable option in keeping up with a meat based diet would be to clear more forests. As an increasing amount of forest land disappear so does the biodiversity that accompanies
But, the individual decisions stemming from eating choice and the consequences and dilemmas that result from a meat based diet is not usually taken into account for. Author John Robbins goes into detail explaining how, waste disposal appears to have no practical limitations in terms of areas to dump. Today, the waste that comes from factory farms overwhelmingly controls a large area of the planet. Moreover, the waste from these pastures absorbs into the ground, gets carried off by rivers and dumped into bays and gulfs. The nutrients present in the waste causes algal blooms that use up the oxygen within the water, creating “dead zones”. According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, more than twenty seven thousand miles of river has been contaminated by livestock waste. But it’s not only the waterways that run through this Earth that has been affected but also the forests that spread across the land. Ever since civilization came to be, acres of forest has been cleared for agriculture, domesticated animals and plants alike. But, farm animals take much more farmland then crops. At Brown University, the World Hunger Program as calculated that a with the an equal amount of land to both parties, a vegetarian diet could support six billion people compared to a meat rich diet that could only support two point six billion. With the population of humans already being over six billion, the only viable option in keeping up with a meat based diet would be to clear more forests. As an increasing amount of forest land disappear so does the biodiversity that accompanies