Hamburgers and Hummers: Scientists Denounce Meat As Major Cause of Global Warming

Another scientific report has denounced the environmental damage caused by beef consumption in the United States. Nathan Pelletier of Dalhousie University in Canada has released a study showing how cows consume a disproportionate amount of food (more than they produce in meat) and cause 18 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

Beef is responsible for 78 percent of the emissions of meat consumption, even though it represents only 30 percent of the meat products.

A single kilogram of beef produces 16 kilograms carbon dioxide — four times higher than pork and more than ten times as much as a kilogram of poultry. Thus, a switch from beef to chicken would cut emissions by 70 percent.

Hamburgers are therefore the hummers of our diet.

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