Diet And The Earth
10kg Grains vs 1kg Meat
The basic concept of meat production (1)
The conversion rate of meat production
14cal Food vs 1cal Meat
Implication(1): meat is a food wastage
the meat production equilibrium
Grains + Grains + land useland use + + waterwater + + energyenergy
= Meat + = Meat + wastewaste
Implications (2,3):Meat production is low efficiency usage of resourcesMeat consumption leads to pollutions
The basic concept of meat production(2)
people in 3rd world countries do not have enough to eat.
thousands die of malnutritionEvery day
Implication(1): meat is a food wastage
more than 80% of corn and...
more than 95% of oats ...
are fed to live stock...
In the U.S.A.
not to hungry people.
not to hungry people
75% of Third World imports of corn, barley, sorghum...
are fed to livestock…to produce cheap hamburgers...
The grains and soybeansthat are fed to US livestockcould feed 1.3 billion people.
The world’s cattle alone consume a quantity of foodenough to feed more than the entire human population
Resources on Earth are plentifulResource wastage originates from meat consumption
Implication (2): Meat production is low efficiency usage of resources
water wasted
land wasted
energy wasted
Water
It takes more than 25,000 litres of waterto produce I kg of beef
It takes 200 times more waterto produce a kg of beef than to produce a kg of potatoes
Land260 million acres in the US have been cleared to grow crops to feed livestock.
30% of land in the USA is used as grazing landto feed cattle for slaughter.
Compared to soy production
Meat production demands 6~20 times more fossil fuels
Energy
Implication (3): Meat consumption leads to pollutions
The amount of manure that are produced by farm animals is simply overwhelming
Water contamination, sickness, and death have been occurring in areas where livestock operations are concentrated.
Air Pollution
Methane-emitting livestock contribute massively to the Greenhouse Effect and global warming.
Ammonia from animal waste contributes to acid rain which kills plants and animals.
1. Biased information + addiction to taste
4.starvation
5. Deforestation + unnecessary resource wastage
7. air, land, water pollution
8. eco-imbalance, climate crises, elevated living expense, compromised health, survival crisis of earthlings
6a. GMO + chemical Fertilizer, pesticides
application
6b. Water, land, energy wastage
Niche of Meat Consumption from Eco-social perspective
2. Meat consumption
surge
3.food shortage
More references :
Books/FilmsDiet for a New AmericaThe Food RevolutionAn Inconvenient TruthFuture of Food The China StudyThe RAVE Diet
