Illustration - The livestock industry emits more greenhouse gases than all vehicles on the planet. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons )
When we talk about biofuels, people fear being taken away land to feed humans and say that it makes no sense. But try to be objective and to rise above the fray "decompartmentalization" our management land on the planet and see if we could not do better.
First, according to a United Nations report published in 2006, 70% of the world's farmland are dedicated to the livestock industry [H. Steinfeld et al. Livestock's long shadow , Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Rome 2006]! These lands are divided into pastures and cultivated land to feed livestock (33% of cultivated land on the planet).
Moreover, according to the report, the livestock industry is responsible for 15% to 18% of anthropogenic emissions of gases greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions expressed in CO2 equivalents. But you need to know is that all road vehicles in the world are responsible, themselves, about 12% to 13% of greenhouse gas emissions (including greenhouse gases to produce fuel). The livestock industry emits more greenhouse gases so that road vehicles !
Another element to consider is also that with one hectare of arable land produces about 25 kg of beef animal proteins, so we produced 400 kg of vegetable protein soy , 300 kg Protein 150 kg of rice and wheat proteins, with the same hectare. Besides to produce 1 kg of beef, it takes more than 40000 liters of water, more than 6000 liters of water per 150 grams steak (see the website of the organization Compassion In World Farming in particular the report The Global Benefits of Eating Less Meat , 2004)! Too much meat in our diet is therefore a shameful waste of our planet's resources into agricultural land and fresh water, not to mention other resources such as fossil fuels (natural gas for fertilizer and oil for machinery).
Know the Facts if we want to make informed decisions about the wise use of our farmland.
In my last book Roll without oil, I recommend reduce our meat consumption by 15% (one day a week without meat) . Doing so frees up more agricultural land that is needed to produce biofuels equivalent to 5% of fuel oil currently used. Or 5% is all we need from energy crops to remove oil from road transport (see previous post).
In closing, we must not forget that slightly reducing our meat consumption to produce second generation biofuels, we diminish DOUBLING gas emissions greenhouse , since the livestock industry emits more than road vehicles.
When we talk about biofuels, people fear being taken away land to feed humans and say that it makes no sense. But try to be objective and to rise above the fray "decompartmentalization" our management land on the planet and see if we could not do better.
First, according to a United Nations report published in 2006, 70% of the world's farmland are dedicated to the livestock industry [H. Steinfeld et al. Livestock's long shadow , Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Rome 2006]! These lands are divided into pastures and cultivated land to feed livestock (33% of cultivated land on the planet).
Moreover, according to the report, the livestock industry is responsible for 15% to 18% of anthropogenic emissions of gases greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions expressed in CO2 equivalents. But you need to know is that all road vehicles in the world are responsible, themselves, about 12% to 13% of greenhouse gas emissions (including greenhouse gases to produce fuel). The livestock industry emits more greenhouse gases so that road vehicles !
Another element to consider is also that with one hectare of arable land produces about 25 kg of beef animal proteins, so we produced 400 kg of vegetable protein soy , 300 kg Protein 150 kg of rice and wheat proteins, with the same hectare. Besides to produce 1 kg of beef, it takes more than 40000 liters of water, more than 6000 liters of water per 150 grams steak (see the website of the organization Compassion In World Farming in particular the report The Global Benefits of Eating Less Meat , 2004)! Too much meat in our diet is therefore a shameful waste of our planet's resources into agricultural land and fresh water, not to mention other resources such as fossil fuels (natural gas for fertilizer and oil for machinery).
Know the Facts if we want to make informed decisions about the wise use of our farmland.
In my last book Roll without oil, I recommend reduce our meat consumption by 15% (one day a week without meat) . Doing so frees up more agricultural land that is needed to produce biofuels equivalent to 5% of fuel oil currently used. Or 5% is all we need from energy crops to remove oil from road transport (see previous post).
In closing, we must not forget that slightly reducing our meat consumption to produce second generation biofuels, we diminish DOUBLING gas emissions greenhouse , since the livestock industry emits more than road vehicles.
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