- "if Americans were to reduce meat consumption by just 20 percent it would be as if we all switched from a standard sedan — a Camry, say — to the ultra-efficient Prius."
- .0098 gallons of gasoline to produce 1 cup broccoli, 1 cup eggplant, 4 oz cauliflower, 8 oz. rice or .1597 gallons of gas to produce a 6 oz beef steak. Both dishes have about 320 calories each (though not nutritionally equal).
- Americans eat about 8 ounces of meat per day, Twice the global average.
One of the reasons for all of this energy is that it takes a lot of grains to grow a cow. It takes somewhere between 4 and 10 pounds (depending on your source of information) of grains to produce 1 pound of actual beef. Here are some other meat to grain ratios:
Fish: 1.5-2.0:1
Chicken: 2.1- 3.0:1
Pigs: 4.0-5.5:1
That's a lot of grains to grow and transport...
3 comments:
So, are you thinking of becoming vegetarian?
No. I love meat. And Beef is my favorite. I've never been a big carnivore though. This is mostly due to the fact that you have to prepare most meats. I found it very interesting that so much pollution comes from growing animals and wanted to share it. I still find it interesting.
I find it interesting too. In fact, if a vegetarian tells me he is a vegetarian because of all of the resources it takes to produce one pound of beef, I really respect his reasons. I like well thought-out arguments, and it does take a lot of energy to produce one pound of beef. There are some reasons for being vegetarian that I just think are silly, though.
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