"The U.N. says almost a fifth of global warming emissions come from livestock - that's more emissions than from all of the world's transportation combined."
"Animal agriculture takes up an incredible 70% of all agricultural land, and 30% of the total land surface of the planet. As a result, farmed animals are probably the biggest cause of slashing and burning the world's forests. Today, 70% of former Amazon rainforest is used for pastureland, and feed crops cover much of the remainder."
"As if that wasn't bad enough, the real kicker comes when looking at gases besides carbon dioxide--gases like methane and nitrous oxide, enormously effective greenhouse gases with 23 and 296 times the warming power of carbon dioxide, respectively."
"In fact, while animal agriculture accounts for 9% of our carbon dioxide emissions, it emits 37% of our methane, and a whopping 65% of our nitrous oxide."
"Land animals raised for food make up a staggering 20% of the entire land animal biomass of the earth. We are eating our planet to death." -
Share The World’s Resources (STWR) - Vegetarian is the New Prius
The facts are shocking and sadly usually ignored by the masses.