Is It True that the Meat Industry Causes More Pollution Than Cars?

[Cacia]

I have heard this a few times now.

Is it true? Should Al Gore become a vegetarian? maybe we all should...

 

[pakman]

I wonder how much pollutants are kept in my favorite can of Spam processes meat...

But seriously, interesting thought... Don't know about the slaughterhouses, ranches, etc... but just think about the typical superpmarket meat packaging... all that plastic wrap and styrofoam...

PS I think I need a trip to the Islands for my favorite spam musubi

 

[Cacia]

I think it is the gas (methane?) that they produce.

I also heard something about the human population...

nice avatar. ugh, spam mucibi. my son lives on those. and my daughter is hooked on poi. :rude:

 

[1_T_Submariner]

Volcanos make a ton of polution. We should boycott them!

 

[Cacia]

seriously, look how low car emmisions are

http://www.epa.gov/methane/sources.html

 

[zahner]

that is just looking at methane though. methane is not a big component of vehicle emissions AFAIK. guess it depends on what you mean by "pollution"

 

[Cacia]

oh, thanks. So which contributes more to the destruction of the ozone layer?

 

[Rickg]

I have heard this a few times now.

Is it true? Should Al Gore become a vegetarian? maybe we all should...

Sounds like a lot of "bull" to me

Rickg

 

[dry heat diver]

I have read that the single largest source of methane pollution is flatulent cows. Who knows if it is true or not.

 

[H2Andy]

well ... it depends what you mean by "pollution"

if you mean greenhouse gas emissions, then probably not ... the three main sources of greenhouse gases are:

1. power plants
2. industry stacks
3. transportation (cars, buses, trucks, planes, boats, trains)

i would imagine that the greenhouse gases put out by the meat industry (including rasing the cows, shipping them, processing them, shipping the meat, and then end-point preparation) probably are not greater than automobiles

but i don't really know