Showing posts with label Energy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Energy. Show all posts
Monday, December 24, 2007
Saturday, July 21, 2007
MEAT AS ENERGY
Found this a few days ago, and am just getting around to it-- it won't spoil.
I've posted a few anti-meat/milk, pro-vegan things in the past on PLM, generally expressed in terms of health, agricultural waste, pollution, economic inefficiency etc. But this study merits a good look not only because it comes from Japan, but more especially for the fact that it conveys the research results in terms of energy expenditure.
Carried out by Akifumi Ogino et al. of the National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science in Tsukuba, Japan, the study found that: “A kilogram of beef is responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions and other pollution than driving for 3 hours while leaving all the lights on back home… In other words, a kilogram of beef is responsible for the equivalent of the amount of CO2 emitted by the average European car every 250 kilometers, and burns enough energy to light a 100-watt bulb for nearly 20 days… [Moreover] The calculations… did not include the impact of managing farm infrastructure and transporting the meat, so the total environmental load is higher than the study suggests.”
This certainly sheds more darkness on that thick steak...
Friday, June 08, 2007
THE WORLD FOCUSES...
Tensions on Iraq border rile Turkey - all 828 news articles »
Lawmakers Oppose House Energy Plan - all 269 news articles »
Lincoln letter from 1863 is unveiled - all 151 news articles »
US adopts limits on clean water law enforcement - all 121 news articles »
Paris can still party-at home-with electronic ankle-bracelet - all 1,837 news articles»
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