The Vegetarian High Horse
December 20, 2009 557 CommentsI absolutely love a good steak now and then. Now, it’s become a social responsibility issue, though, this eating of the steak. Here are some facts about how crappy the Livestock Industry is for the environment (with the US being the biggest meat-eating country on the planet, no less): Livestock now use 30 percent of the earth’s entire land surface, mostly permanent pasture but also including 33 percent of the global arable land used to producing feed for livestock. The livestock sector accounts for 9 percent of CO2 deriving from human-related activities, but produces a much larger share of even more harmful greenhouse gases. It generates 65 percent of human-related nitrous oxide, which has 296 times the Global Warming Potential (GWP) of CO2. Most of this comes from manure. And it accounts for respectively 37 percent of all human-induced methane (23 times as warming as CO2), which is largely produced by the digestive system of ruminants, and 64 percent of ammonia, which contributes significantly to acid rain. Livestock are estimated to be the main inland source of phosphorous and nitrogen contamination of the South China Sea, contributing to biodiversity loss in marine ecosystems. For more depressing information on the topic, see the full report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Now how’s a social responsibility, countercultural kind of girl supposed to enjoy her filet mignon with all that nonsense bouncing around in her calcium-fortified skull, hmmmm? Let me know what you think about the social issue right here in this little Residential liberal community.
[..YouTube..] @montgonova We can’t raise millions of cattle open range and not effect the environment. And give me one state that has both the land and is willing to allow that number of head of cattle into their state. Have you considered that beef prices would skyrocket to the point where beef would become a huge luxury? If you have the desire, read Temple Grandin’s book “Animals Make Us Human” where she explains how she works to make the efficiency of cattle production better and much more human.
[..YouTube..] @montgonova We can’t raise millions of cattle open range and not effect the environment. And give me one state that has both the land and is willing to allow that number of head of cattle into their state. Have you considered that beef prices would skyrocket to the point where beef would become a huge luxury? If you have the desire, read Temple Grandin’s book “Animals Make Us Human” where she explains how she works to make the efficiency of cattle production better and much more human.
[..YouTube..] @montgonova We can’t raise millions of cattle open range and not effect the environment. And give me one state that has both the land and is willing to allow that number of head of cattle into their state. Have you considered that beef prices would skyrocket to the point where beef would become a huge luxury? If you have the desire, read Temple Grandin’s book “Animals Make Us Human” where she explains how she works to make the efficiency of cattle production better and much more human.
[..YouTube..] @telemarker93 im sure in these vast lands we would be able to find some space, second there shouldnt really be a price to an animal, Any other way than the way they are doing it now is better
[..YouTube..] @telemarker93 im sure in these vast lands we would be able to find some space, second there shouldnt really be a price to an animal, Any other way than the way they are doing it now is better
[..YouTube..] @telemarker93 im sure in these vast lands we would be able to find some space, second there shouldnt really be a price to an animal, Any other way than the way they are doing it now is better
[..YouTube..] @montgonova But have you considered the land that it would take to allow free range and the number of cattle needed to feed the USA? Have you considered the extra costs of maintenance and the time and effort needed to round up thousands of cattle? How is that going to affect your wallet, the environment?At the same time, cattle are being abused and mistreated for convenience. That too is unacceptable.