Meat Is Affecting Global Warming More Than The Auto Industry
The international meat industry generates roughly 18% of the world’s greenhouse-gas emissions—even more than transportation—according to a report last year from the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization.
Much of that comes from the nitrous oxide in manure and the methane that is, as the New York Times delicately put it, “the natural result of bovine digestion.” Methane has a warming effect that is 23 times as great as that of carbon, while nitrous oxide is 296 times as great.
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For me (a pescetarian), the argument isn't about forcing people to give up meat entirely... it's about considering how much meat we actually eat and just cutting back. Adopting more of a vegetarian's diet would be a tremendous benefit to our health, environment, and the animals in the farming system.