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The facts and statistics from Cowspiracy
A plant based diet cuts your carbon footprint by 50%
Livestock is responsible for 65% nitrous oxide emissions
The meat and dairy industry use about 1/3 of earths fresh water
1-2 acres of rainforest are cleared every second
1/3
of Earth's
land is decertified due to livestock
Livestock=51% Transport (road, railcar & marine)=13%
global greenhouse gas emissions
3/4 of the world’s fisheries are exploited
1/3
of Earth's
land is decertified due to livestock
1.5 acres of land
= 16 782.92kg
plant based foods
or
170.09kg
of meat.
45%
of
Earth's
land is covered by
livestock
90 million tons of fish are pulled from the oceans every year
1 hamburger
= 2498.37liters
of water which
=
showering for about 2 months
Land needed: vegan= 1/6th acre
meat eater= 18x
to feed 1 person for 1 year
91% of Amazon destruction
is caused by
Animal agriculture
Animal agriculture is the leading cause of
species extinction
ocean dead zones
water pollution
habitat destruction
1 pound fish =
5 pounds
by catch and kept
2500 cows waste = 41100 population city
Every minute
3 175 146.6kgs of excitement are produced by animals raised for food in the US
Acres of rainforests cleared
palm oil= 26million
agriculture= 136million
Vegan diet =
50% less co2
1/11th oil
1/13th water
1/18th land compared to a meat eater
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