What is the impact of a cow on the global climate? In fact, collectively, they can have an impact. The food we produce - how we grow it, and not so much how it get to us, has a significant impact on CO2 emissions. This according to a recent article in New Scientist.
Deliver us from Cheeseburgers
New Scientist
Check out Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions and see that food production accounts for 15% of greenhouse gases. 5% of global CO2 emission comes from livestock. This stat from the World Resources Institute. How do they know?
Food for thought
Household Greenhouse gas emission account for double that of driving! Check out this chart.
Read the story: What is your dinner doing to the planet?
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carbon accounting. interesting
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