Here’s yet another to quit the fast food habit…
A new study of how much greenhouse gas is released into the atmosphere by the production of food shows that the difference between a meat-based and plant-based diet amounts to the same as driving an SUV versus a small sedan.
The calculations are based on data and a basic ecological concept that have been around for decades, but no one had actually done the math.
“It’s just never been done,” said climate researcher Gidon Eshel of the University of Chicago. “The data is simply there to mine.”
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