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The comparisons aren't really accurate there, though beef is probably the largest resource hog of commercially farmed meat. They are comparing what people eat of beef on average compared to an average amount of driving over a year, plus the fact methane is a bigger greenhouse gas then CO2. If you eat one steak you aren't cutting 1.5 tons of waste CO2 in a year, that's if the average American stopped eating the average amount of beef completely (translated from units of Methane, adding transportation). They don't state the impact of ground meat or steak by serving, or impact of a car by mile (like eating a steak is like driving a car X miles)...not even linking/naming the study to find out for yourself....or a way to figure out what averages they used. If they used national averages, it's apples to apples. If they compared different states, it doesn't....say like Texas (eats more beef on average) to Oregon's driving (not as much driving due to good public transit).
The report is bogus from the beginning. The livestock population has been decreasing for many years while in the article it says it is on the increase. Sorry, just not true.
I really tire of this beef and livestock CO2 methane curse. All the wild and domestic ruminants that roamed the plains, forests, fields and mountains in all of Earth history have always burped and farted their way through existence , but somehow JUST DOMESTIC BEEF have, only recently, managed to foul the atmosphere with greenhouse gas.
It's unfortunate that bogus nonsense like this actually detracts from a very simple message that is good: We should all be as environmentally conscious as possible.
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