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Climate change emissions from meat production are far higher than currently estimated, according to a controversial new study that will fuel the debate on whether people should eat fewer animal products to help the environment.
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Climate change & agriculture - Nov 3
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... for the full analysis of the House climate bill’s agriculture provisions (2 November 2009) Study claims meat creates half of all greenhouse gases Martin Hickman, The Independent Climate change emissions from meat production are far higher than currently estimated, according to a controversial new study that will fuel the debate on whether people should eat fewer animal products to help the environment. In a paper published by a respected US thinktank, the Worldwatch Institute, two World Bank environmental advisers claim that instead of 18 per cent of global emissions being ...
'Tis not Mete. Or is it?
Only In It For The Gold —
... prior result was in the same ballpark as Eshel & Martin's famous result that personal transportation and personal food consumption in the US are of comparable scale insofar as greenhouse gas impact is concerned. Counting the human as triple the dog, and the vehicle thus as driven 15 miles per day, seemed consistent with that estimate. But now I'm left at a loss, since the meat impact is now coming out as tiny. And now here comes a Worldwatch white paper claiming that meat dominates transportation! This level of confusion is ridiculous. How the hell are ...
Fido and Fluffy and the Meat Conundrum
Casaubon's Book —
... The first was a World Bank Report that claimed that meat was responsible for 50% of all world emissions. This is probably overstated, and the solutions (more industrial farming and vat-raised meat…yum!) problematic. But it usefully points out that meat has a staggeringly high impact on the climate and our situation, and that we cannot go on eating meat the way we do. ...
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