JAPANESE RESEARCHERS SAY MEAT PRODUCTION EMITS AS MUCH CO2 AS HEAVY TRAFFIC
July 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL THE PRODUCTION of one kilogram of beef creates more greenhouse gas emissions than motoring for three hours, leaving the lights on at home, according to a new Japanese study. The country's National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, Tsukuba, examined CO2 emissions emitted by way of methane from beef cattle; the energy required to create the beef (including feed production, husbandry, transport, slaughtering, butchering and packaging); plus the environmental effects of production methods, for instance water acidification and ...
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