"The environmental case for plant-based imitation meats is too strong to dismiss. Conventional feedlot beef in the United States emits 20 times more greenhouse gas—mostly methane when the cows belch—per pound of edible protein, compared to plant-based sources. Grass-fed beef is even worse for the climate, since it takes longer for these animals to reach a market weight, ensuring even more methane emissions per pound of production. This makes the carbon footprint of an Impossible Burger almost 90 percent smaller than that of a real beef burger, according to its manufacturer. It is also 87 percent less dependent on water and 96 percent less dependent on land. A life-cycle analysis of the Beyond Burger shows similar gains, with 90 percent less greenhouse gas emitted and 46 percent less energy required, along with 99 percent less water and 93 percent less land, compared to real burgers from American beef."
Thursday, August 13, 2020
Foodies and Factory Farmers Have Formed an Unholy Alliance
This is the only argument I need on the subject:
"The environmental case for plant-based imitation meats is too strong to dismiss. Conventional feedlot beef in the United States emits 20 times more greenhouse gas—mostly methane when the cows belch—per pound of edible protein, compared to plant-based sources. Grass-fed beef is even worse for the climate, since it takes longer for these animals to reach a market weight, ensuring even more methane emissions per pound of production. This makes the carbon footprint of an Impossible Burger almost 90 percent smaller than that of a real beef burger, according to its manufacturer. It is also 87 percent less dependent on water and 96 percent less dependent on land. A life-cycle analysis of the Beyond Burger shows similar gains, with 90 percent less greenhouse gas emitted and 46 percent less energy required, along with 99 percent less water and 93 percent less land, compared to real burgers from American beef."
"The environmental case for plant-based imitation meats is too strong to dismiss. Conventional feedlot beef in the United States emits 20 times more greenhouse gas—mostly methane when the cows belch—per pound of edible protein, compared to plant-based sources. Grass-fed beef is even worse for the climate, since it takes longer for these animals to reach a market weight, ensuring even more methane emissions per pound of production. This makes the carbon footprint of an Impossible Burger almost 90 percent smaller than that of a real beef burger, according to its manufacturer. It is also 87 percent less dependent on water and 96 percent less dependent on land. A life-cycle analysis of the Beyond Burger shows similar gains, with 90 percent less greenhouse gas emitted and 46 percent less energy required, along with 99 percent less water and 93 percent less land, compared to real burgers from American beef."
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