{"id":21518,"date":"2019-01-17T09:00:15","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T08:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/?p=21518"},"modified":"2020-05-22T14:42:37","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T12:42:37","slug":"polluting-hamburger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/polluting-hamburger\/","title":{"rendered":"Polluting Hamburgers: giving up beef can reduce carbon footprint more than cars"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cars, trucks, industries, home heating are the biggest causes of the air pollution. But there is also a less common one: the hamburger. Small but very dangerous for the environment.\u00a0Yet, according to the scientists, if Americans gave up 1 of the 3 meat burgers, which on average consume a week, could eliminate the emissions corresponding to 12 million cars circulating for a year!<\/span><\/em><\/h4>\n

In the USA<\/strong> 10 billion of meat hamburger are consumed, approximately 3 per person per week. If every American would eat two instead of three, he will eliminate the greenhouse gas emissions corresponding to 12 million of cars in one year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Picture of Robin Stickel via Unsplash<\/div><\/div>\n

The winners of the Champions environment 2018<\/strong> have conducted a study on the hamburger pollution by decomposing the basic elements of the red meat. The aim of the research was to reduce the environmental impact funding a solution with a lower environmental cost.<\/p>\n

Reduce emissions by 90% with the vegetable burger<\/h2>\n
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Vegatable Hamburger \u2013 Pciture of Alexandra Golovac via Unsplash<\/div><\/div>\n

The vegetable hamburger<\/strong>. A valid sostitute for the meat hamburger entirely produced with vegetables and plants. An eco hamburger asking from the 75% to the 99% less of water, approximately the 90% less<\/strong> of greenhouse emissions<\/strong> of normal hamburger and the 95% less<\/strong> of cultivable lands.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The impact of the intensive animal farming on the environment\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n
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The environmental damage of intensive animal farms – Picture of Luke Stackpoole<\/div><\/div>\n

The meat<\/strong> produced by the intensive animal<\/strong> farming has a very strong impact on the environment<\/strong><\/a>. An intensive animal farming emits approximately the 60% of the greenhouse emissions<\/strong> contributing to the air pollution. Moreover, approximately the 83% of the agricultural lans is occupied by breeding farms.<\/p>\n

James Lomax<\/strong>, the responsible of the sustainable feed program and of agriculture of the United States, affirmed that \u201c It cows were a nation, they will be the third world biggest producers of greenhouse emissions and for the production of an hamburger of 150 grams, occur 1.600 liters of water<\/em>\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the future, will we all become vegetarian?<\/h2>\n
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Vegetarian food- Picture of Edgar Castrejon via Unsplash<\/div><\/div>\n

The favorite meal of the American and the main meal of the fast food has a negative ecological footprint<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the FAO, the problem is that the consumption and the demand for the meat are constantly growing. Therefore, a solution will be to produce meat trying to be the more sustainable as possible.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the meanwhile, we can reduce the consumption of meat<\/strong> coming from intensive animal farming switching to legumes<\/strong> and proteins food or adopting a more vegetarian<\/strong> diet<\/strong>,\u00a0both at home and on vacation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cover picture of Niklas Rh\u00f6se via Unsplash\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

You may also be interested in:<\/h4>\n

Meat consumption is destroying our planet: a report by WWF<\/a><\/h4>\n

Vegetarian wellness on holiday in Italy<\/a><\/h4>\n

When holidays go vegan<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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