I guess I have to be the lone voice for common sense vegetarians here, but this article is talking about commercial meat production and comparing the emission of greenhouse gases of the meat industry versus ALL emissions from transportation and factory production combined.
Since it takes (just for an example) 1000 gallons of water to produce one pound of meat, I generally ask people whether or not they would prefer to give up family showers for a month or 1 pound of meat a month. The same amount of grain it takes to make one pound of animal protein is sufficient to feed 15 starving people for at least one day. It’s a matter of choice.
(/lecture and donning flame suit now)
Just what happens to these molecules of H2O that the animal drinks? Do these whackos think that it disappears from earth. I think not.
OK, I understand what you are saying.....now pass the steak sauce.
It does not take 1000 gallons of water to raise a pound of meat, or there would be no water on earth. I suspect there is exactly just as much water on earth as there was 1000 years ago.
You just object to drinking recycled cow piss, thats your problem.
If you are so worried about feeding 15 starving people, why do you have a lawn in your yard instead of grain?
If it takes 1000 gallons of water to raise a pound of beef, might I ask how many gallons of water does it take to raise a pound of wheat? And by the way, to raise wheat, you also need to figure in how many gallons of gasoline for the tractor.
Something that is not recycleable, and is not needed to raise range cattle.
-grin-
Empty logic can be twisted any which way...