hydraulic fracturing for natural gas
uses a staggering 100 billion gallons of
water per year in the USA however
raising livestock in the u.s. consumes
34 trillion gallons of water and the
methane emissions for both are equal one
quarter pounder requires 660 gallons of
water to produce this is the equivalent
of showering for two months domestic
water use is only 5% of water consumed
in the US vs. 55% for animal agriculture
this is because it takes 2,500 gallons
of water to produce one pound of beef 1
pound of eggs 477 gallons one pound of
cheese 900 gallons in 2006 a report
published by the United Nations said
that cows produce more greenhouse gases
than the entire transportation sector
raising cattle produces more greenhouse
gases than all cars trucks trains planes
and boats combined 13 percent versus 18
percent this is because cows produce
huge amounts of methane from their
digestive process this methane is twenty
five to a hundred times more destructive
than co2 from vehicles then in 2009 a
world watch report showed instead of
animal agriculture contributing 18% of
total greenhouse gases it was actually
closer to 51% of all greenhouse gas
emissions animal agriculture is the
number one contributor to climate change
raising animals for food consumes 1/3 of
all the planet's fresh water
occupies 45% of the Earth's land and is
responsible for 91% of Amazon
destruction fish as many as two point
seven trillion animals are pulled out of
the ocean each year to feed the demand
for 90 million tons of fish huge fish
nets are used however for every single
pound of fish caught there is up to 5
pounds of untargeted species trapped
such as dolphins turtles sharks etc
between 40 to 50 million sharks are
killed by fishing lines and nets each
year rainforests are the world's lungs
to date palm oil is responsible for 26
million acres of rainforest being
cleared
however livestock and their feed crops
are responsible for a hundred and thirty
six million acres of rainforest being
lost as well as methane the waste from
livestock is a massive problem as they
produce a hundred and thirty times more
waste than the entire human population
with almost no waste treatment think
grass-fed beef is the answer if everyone
in America ate grass-fed beef we would
need 3.7 billion acres of land however
there is only one point nine billion
acres available milk to produce one
gallon of milk it takes almost 1,000
gallons of water we are growing enough
food to feed between 12 to 15 billion
people we only have 7 billion there are
roughly 1 billion people starving every
day whilst 50% of the grain and lagoons
we grow we feed to livestock
the entire human population drinks 5.2
billion gallons of water and eats 21
billion pounds of food every day but
just the 1.5 billion cows drinks 45
billion gallons of water and eats 135
billion pounds of food every day
a vegan diet produces half as much co2
as an American omnivore 111th the amount
of fossil fuel 113th the amount of water
and 118th
the amount of land 70 billion farmed
animals are reared annually worldwide
more than 6 million animals are killed
for food every hour every day a vegan
saves 1,100 gallons of water 45 pounds
of grain 30 square feet of forest the
equivalent of 20 pounds of co2 and one
animal's life
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