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Statement: We should all become vegetarians/vegans. (Source: 1 (Eating up…
Statement: We should all become vegetarians/vegans.
Source: 1
Overheating the planet
18% climate change
methane - belching/farting
burned fuel - transport
energy used - harvest
Eating up land
meat eater - more land
inneficient - need food
Causing deforestation
Chopping rainforests
Drinking too much water
need water - water stress
Poisoning the earth
manure/urine- massive waste lagoons -break/leak/overflow, polluting underground water supplies/rivers nitrogen/phosphorus/nitrates.
less biodiversity
Spoiling the oceans
animal waste rivers-> algal blooms -> no oxygen -> 'Dead Zone'
Ruining the air
Gasses:
(methane/carbon dioxide)
37% pesticide
more than half of the antibiotics
1/3 nitrogen/phosphorous in fresh water
2/3 manmade ammonia -> acid rains
-> ozone pollution
Making us prone to disease
Animal waste
pathogens - Water / touch
antibiotics
resistant bacteria
Draining the world's oil
elektricity
Meat's costly, in many ways
expensive
sickness: obesity/cancers/heart diseases/other illnesses
Source: 2
myth
not enough proteins/diet not balanced - no meat
variation
healthy
reduce risk of fats sickenesses
increased life span
develop -> greater social responsibility
motivates -> improve environment
bad - environment
rainforest/grassland -> raising meat production