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muriel_volestrangler

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9. Where does the 11,000 gallons per day from meat come from?

Reply to Binkie The Clown (Original post)

Sat Oct 3, 2015, 05:10 PM

Oct 2015

That's over 41,000 litres per day.

The Water Footprint Network website says:

The water footprint of meat from beef cattle (15400 litre/kg as a global average) is much larger than the footprints of meat from sheep (10400 litre/kg), pig (6000 litre/kg), goat (5500 litre/kg) or chicken (4300 litre/kg).

http://waterfootprint.org/en/resources/interactive-tools/product-gallery/

41,000 litres per day would be 1 kg of beef, and 1 kg of lamb, and 1 kg of pork, and 1 kg of goat, and 1 kg of chicken, per person, per day. Or 2.7 kg of beef, if you thought that might fill you up a bit. That's 6lb of beef per person per day.

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The single largest source of greenouse gasses AND of polution is... [View all] Binkie The Clown Oct 2015 OP

Eating ~75% less meat in the last 3 yrs. It's a start. Duppers Oct 2015 #1

I hear you, I eat less meat now & then only free range, but my dog & 2 cats? RiverLover Oct 2015 #2

Thanks, RiverLover. Duppers Oct 2015 #3

LOL! You are a GOOD liberal! I think you should get a medal. RiverLover Oct 2015 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author Duppers Oct 2015 #4

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Economic Sector OKIsItJustMe Oct 2015 #5

Agriculture and Livestock Remain Major Sources of Greenhouse Gas Emissions OKIsItJustMe Oct 2015 #6

Infographic: The World’s Biggest Sources of Greenhouse Gas Emissions OKIsItJustMe Oct 2015 #7

Where does the 11,000 gallons per day from meat come from? muriel_volestrangler Oct 2015 #9

Definitely about more than just greenhouse gasses: water, deforestation, food scarcity cprise Oct 2015 #10

Since the figures looked about 10 times too big, I looked for "1100 gallons", and that's the figure muriel_volestrangler Oct 2015 #11

Oops! My bad. But hey, "zero" is "nothing", right? n /t Binkie The Clown Oct 2015 #13

I hope no one brings that sniffer around my place madokie Oct 2015 #12

Ironically... OKIsItJustMe Oct 2015 #14