posted July 13, 2010 10:49 PM         

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A study conducted by the Institute for Ecological Economy Research concluded that a meat-eater’s diet is responsible for more than 7 times as much greenhouse gas emissions as a vegan’s diet.

On average a person switching from the standard American diet to a vegan diet will prevent the abuse and killing of over 100 animals per year.

And you save more water by not eating a pound of beef than you do by not showering for an entire year.

Now a new United Nations report calls cattle the greatest threat to the climate, forests and wildlife.

Cattle are ‘responsible for 18%++ of greenhouse gases, more than cars, planes and all other forms of transport put together.’

This includes the fuel burned making fertilizer, to produce the meat and transport it, as well as the obvious cow fart and manure production of methane, 20 times more effective as a global warmer as CO2.

It takes 2,500 gallons of water to produce a pound of meat, but only 60 gallons to water to produce a pound of wheat!

And nearly 10 billion animals raised and slaughtered for food in the U.S. every year.

http://girliegirlarmy.com/blog/20100222/got-plants-is-animal-protein-necessary/

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posted July 13, 2010 10:51 PM         

Feel free to move it there.