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The environmental effects of meat production include pollution and the use of resources such as fossil fuels, water, and land. This article discusses the environmental effects of livestock and poultry farming.



According to a 2006 report by the Livestock, Environment And Development Initiative, the livestock industry is one of the largest contributors to environmental degradation worldwide, and modern practices of raising animals for food contributes on a "massive scale" to air and water pollution, land degradation, climate change, and loss of biodiversity. The initiative concluded that "the livestock sector emerges as one of the top two or three most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems, at every scale from local to global."[1] In 2006 FAO estimated that meat industry contributes 18% of all emissions of greenhouse gasses. This figure was revised in 2009 by two World Bank scientists and estimated at 51% minimum. [2]



Animals fed on grain need more water than grain crops.[3]. In tracking food animal production from the feed through to the dinner table, the inefficiencies of meat, milk and egg production range from a 4:1 energy input to protein output ratio up to 54:1. [3] The result is that producing animal-based food is typically much less efficient than the harvesting of grains, vegetables, legumes, seeds and fruits for direct human consumption. [3]



Relatedly, the production and consumption of meat and other animal products is associated with the clearing of rainforests, resource depletion, air and water pollution, land and economic inefficiency, species extinction, and other environmental harms.What do you think about this? What do you have to say about it?hey Eric I just saw an interview with Jonathan Safran Foer who said a study had been undertaken to look into the true costs of the mcshitalds 49c burger and they worked it out that the actual cost was around $200! crazy eh! it seems so obvious to me but even some o the leading 'environmentalists' are too afraid to say 'moving away from animal based diets is best for the planet'...it's a mad mad world...What do you think about this? What do you have to say about it?there is a simple, cheap and effective answer. make all meat products horribly expensive to buy.



if a burger was say 25 dollars who would buy it?



if bacon was the same price per slice who would buy it?



turn all the animal torture farms over to grain and potatoes and the world will be healthier and happier in one month.What do you think about this? What do you have to say about it?i live in texas.. we raise a LOT of cattle.. we do it on lands that aren't good enough for farming... rocky lands that can't be tilled and harvested correctly



generally we feed em buffalo grass that grows on those fields.. during the winter we feed em on hay that sells for 50-70 dollars for a large bale.. trust me that is low income.. if the land could grow anything other than wild hay they would...



the water they drink falls out of the sky called rain and collects in stock ponds that we dig for that purpose...



although some areas do indeed contribute the way you are talking about i find it disingenuous of you to not tell the ENTIRE truth in what you are talking about.. the monetary gain per acre for beef/pigs is relatively slow compared to the profit from vegetables... in order to make the numbers work they compare the yield of FARMLAND to the yield of RANGE-LAND that would be like saying that we should all fish because my buddy with lake from property catches 20 fish a day and feeds himself.



not all land is good for farming.. usually what is left is used to raise cattle/livestockWhat do you think about this? What do you have to say about it?
It's sad that more people aren't thinking like you. As a proud vegetarian of 4 years, (im 16) I know as well as the next guy how animals are mistreated every day, and how their production is a hazzard for our community. Now I'm not saying we should forget about their mistreatment, and that they arent worth it, but I am saying that yes, you are right that their production does use alot of time, energy and water and food that could be going elsewhere. It does make sense to say that producing animal based food does use more energy than say, farming. It's just reality. Sadly though, the world isn't ready to accept that yet.