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Time to ditch the burgers? Eating meat creates FOUR times more greenhouse gases than being vegan, study finds (only 7.51 years left)
Daily Mail ^ | 7/21/23 | Jonathan Chadwick

Posted on 07/21/2023 6:01:14 AM PDT by Libloather

The summer holidays are nearly here which would normally mean there's never been a better time to fire up the barbeque and line it with beef burgers.

But a new study shows you might want to swap them for meat-free alternatives if you want to do your bit to save the planet.

University of Oxford experts say eating just 100g of meat per day – less than a single burger – creates four times more greenhouse gases compared with a vegan diet.

The researchers now want to see prompt policy action from government and organisations to trigger 'dietary shifts away from animal-based foods'.

Previous studies have already suggested there are personal health benefits from ditching a meat diet, including reduced risk of heart disease.

The new study was led by experts from the Livestock, Environment and People (LEAP) project at the University of Oxford, which is working to understand the 'health, environmental, social and economic effects of meat and dairy production'.

'Our dietary choices have a big impact on the planet,' said lead author Peter Scarborough, professor of population health at Oxford's Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences and LEAP project investigator.

'Our results, which use data from over 38,000 farms in over 100 countries, show that high meat diets have the biggest impact for many important environmental indicators, including climate change and biodiversity loss.

'Cutting down the amount of meat and dairy in your diet can make a big difference to your dietary footprint.'

Scientists have long been vocal about the huge carbon footprint of humanity's love for meat, fish and dairy, especially beef.

Animal agriculture contributes to global warming because of the methane, nitrous oxide and carbon emissions of livestock and their supply chains.

What's more, deforestation to make way for space to rear cattle reduces the...

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TOPICS: Agriculture; Business/Economy; Conspiracy; History
KEYWORDS: beef; burgers; climatechange; con; fake; fraud; globalwarming; greenhouse; hoax; loot; scam; study; vegan; vegetables
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To: EEGator

If God didn’t want us to eat animals He wouldn’t have made them out of meat.


61 posted on 07/21/2023 8:06:50 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: PhillyPhreeper
Do you know how much methane cabbage creates?

Great point!!

This may be of some use:


62 posted on 07/21/2023 8:09:22 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: GingisK

Precisely.

Also, there’s a reason our eyes are both located in the front.
There’s a reason we have certain teeth.
Humans are predators.
Omnivorous, but predators.


63 posted on 07/21/2023 8:10:50 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Libloather
University of Oxford experts say eating just 100g of meat per day – less than a single burger – creates four times more greenhouse gases compared with a vegan diet.

Let me shake the Magic 8-Ball.....

And it says, "Not a chance." So shoo stupid person. Shoo!

64 posted on 07/21/2023 8:12:19 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Follow the money. Even if it leads you to someplace horrible it will still lead you to the truth.)
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To: PhillyPhreeper

My wife does.... It’s just hard to capture when it gets released unexpectedly. Like when I am watching tv.


65 posted on 07/21/2023 8:15:55 AM PDT by Dutch Boy (The only thing worse than having something taken from you is to have it returned broken. )
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To: Da Coyote

“What’s more, deforestation to make way for space to rear cattle...”

Because, well, vegetables grow well with no sun? So obviously there is no deforestation needed to grow plant based food?

What a lie


66 posted on 07/21/2023 8:16:30 AM PDT by saleman
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To: Libloather

They’re missing the fact that we need more CO2, not less.


67 posted on 07/21/2023 8:18:55 AM PDT by reasonisfaith (What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: Libloather

Burger= Cold dead hands.


68 posted on 07/21/2023 8:48:06 AM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! AMERICA FIRST! DEATH TO MARXISM AN GLOBALISM! )
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To: Libloather

Vegan afflatus worst afflatus.


69 posted on 07/21/2023 8:51:52 AM PDT by Noumenon (You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
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To: Libloather

Just make Beano free or ad it to Medicare.


70 posted on 07/21/2023 9:49:04 AM PDT by Rappini (Hope means coming in second.)
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To: z3n

We could eat the vegans instead. Tastes like chicken some say.


71 posted on 07/21/2023 9:55:15 AM PDT by 5inch38gunner
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To: Libloather

I’ll ditch the burgers. From now on, it’s ribeyes and sirloin steaks. And ribs. And shrimp.


72 posted on 07/21/2023 10:14:45 AM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn’t become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: 5inch38gunner
We could eat the vegans instead. Tastes like chicken some say.
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I only buy vegan fed eggs. Hens that eat non vegans make funny tasting eggs.
🙃
73 posted on 07/21/2023 10:54:51 AM PDT by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: Libloather

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74 posted on 07/21/2023 5:51:29 PM PDT by Songcraft
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To: P.O.E.

Vegans = Bad hunters


75 posted on 07/21/2023 7:27:08 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: Libloather

I have two words: heme iron.


76 posted on 07/21/2023 7:30:42 PM PDT by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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