The Environment

Question 1

Greenhouse gases

Answer 1

Animal agriculture is responsible for more greenhouse gases than all the worlds transport combined

Question 2

Greenhouse gas emissions

Answer 2

The FAO have estimated that animal agriculture is responsible for 18% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions

Question 3

Rainforests

Answer 3

Animal agriculture is responsible for 91% of amazon deforestation

Question 4

Methane

Answer 4

Methane is 25-100 x more destructive to the environment than CO2

Question 5

Water

Answer 5

1lb beef = 2,500 gallons water
1lb eggs = 477 gallons water
1lb cheese = 900 gallons water
1lb milk = 1000 gallons water

Question 6

Land usage

Answer 6

Livestock take up 45% of the earths land (forests being cut down)

Question 7

Oceans

Answer 7

Due to global warming, sea temperatures have risen 2% causing coral reefs (home to 1/4 of the ocean’s fish) to decline by 40% .

Oceans contain an estimated 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic.

Experts are predicting fish free oceans by 2040.