"Livestock and their byproducts actually account
for at least 32,000 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year, or 51%
of all worldwide greenhouse gas emissions.
"Methane has a global warming power 86 times that of CO2.
"Cows produce 150 billion gallons of methane per day.
"Livestock is responsible for 65% of all emissions of nitrous oxide a greenhouse gas 296x more destructive than carbon dioxide and which stays in the atmosphere for 150 years.
"Water
"Fracking (hydraulic fracturing) water use ranges from 70-140 billion gallons annually.
"Animal agriculture use ranges from 34-76 trillion gallons of water annually.
"Growing feed crops for livestock consumes 56% of water in the US.
"One hamburger requires 660 gallons of water to produce the equivalent of 2 months' worth of showers.
"2,500 gallons of water are needed to produce 1 pound of beef.
"477 gallons of water are required to produce 1 pound of eggs; 900 gallons of water are needed for cheese.
"1,000 gallons of water are required to produce 1 gallon of milk.
"The meat and dairy industries combined use nearly 1/3 (29%) of all the fresh water in the world today.
"Destruction of the biosphere
"Animal agriculture is the leading cause of species extinction, ocean dead zones, water pollution, and habitat destruction.
"130 times more animal waste than human waste is produced in the US 1.4 billion tons from the meat industry annually. 5 tons of animal waste is produced for every person.
"Methane has a global warming power 86 times that of CO2.
"Cows produce 150 billion gallons of methane per day.
"Livestock is responsible for 65% of all emissions of nitrous oxide a greenhouse gas 296x more destructive than carbon dioxide and which stays in the atmosphere for 150 years.
"Fracking (hydraulic fracturing) water use ranges from 70-140 billion gallons annually.
"Animal agriculture use ranges from 34-76 trillion gallons of water annually.
"Growing feed crops for livestock consumes 56% of water in the US.
"One hamburger requires 660 gallons of water to produce the equivalent of 2 months' worth of showers.
"2,500 gallons of water are needed to produce 1 pound of beef.
"477 gallons of water are required to produce 1 pound of eggs; 900 gallons of water are needed for cheese.
"1,000 gallons of water are required to produce 1 gallon of milk.
"The meat and dairy industries combined use nearly 1/3 (29%) of all the fresh water in the world today.
"Destruction of the biosphere
"Animal agriculture is the leading cause of species extinction, ocean dead zones, water pollution, and habitat destruction.
"130 times more animal waste than human waste is produced in the US 1.4 billion tons from the meat industry annually. 5 tons of animal waste is produced for every person.
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