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>3) it’s not a tiny detail. Animal agriculture is worse than the entire transportation industry combined. Let's base arguments on facts please. US Greenhouse

>3) it’s not a tiny detail. Animal agriculture is worse than the entire transportation industry combined. Let's base arguments on facts please. US Greenhouse Emissions (specifically CO2) sources: Agriculture: 9% of emissions.[0][1] (4.2% according to UCDavis[2]) Transportation: 27% of emissions.[0][1][2] [0]https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/sources-greenhouse-gas-emissions https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/sources-greenhouse-gas-emis... [1]http://www.humanesociety.org/assets/pdfs/farm/hsus-fact-sheet-greenhouse-gas-emissions-from-animal-agriculture.pdf http://www.humanesociety.org/assets/pdfs/farm/hsus-fact-shee... [2]http://www.caes.ucdavis.edu/news/articles/2016/04/livestock-and-climate-change-facts-and-fiction http://www.caes.ucdavis.edu/news/articles/2016/04/livestock-... And here is a report from the UN's FAO; it's not a comparison to other GHG sources, but it's good data nonetheless: http://www.fao.org/docrep/019/i3671e/i3671e.pdf http://www.fao.org/docrep/019/i3671e/i3671e.pdf

devmunchies 9y ago
strange. this source is also from the epa and conflicts with your source https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/global-greenhouse-gas-emissions-data https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/global-greenhouse-gas-emiss... it says agriculture is 24% and transportation is 14% confusing. And UC Davis is one of the top agriculture schools in the world (I grew up near there) so its in their interest to support the ag industry since that is where a lot of funding comes from, so I'd take that with a grain of salt.
- 24gttghh 9y ago
  Like most things, it is not always black and white: Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Use (24% of 2010 global greenhouse gas emissions): Greenhouse gas emissions from this sector come mostly from agriculture (cultivation of crops and livestock) and deforestation. This estimate does not include the CO2 that ecosystems remove from the atmosphere by sequestering carbon in biomass, dead organic matter, and soils, which offset approximately 20% of emissions from this sector.[2] Note these are Global stats, while my link is US only, and was focused on CO2. edit: and it doesn't seem that any of these statistics contradict each other, but it all depends on if we are talking about global stats, US only stats, all GHG emissions, or just CO2.

devmunchies 9y ago

strange. this source is also from the epa and conflicts with your source https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/global-greenhouse-gas-emissions-data https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/global-greenhouse-gas-emiss... it says agriculture is 24% and transportation is 14% confusing. And UC Davis is one of the top agriculture schools in the world (I grew up near there) so its in their interest to support the ag industry since that is where a lot of funding comes from, so I'd take that with a grain of salt.

24gttghh 9y ago
Like most things, it is not always black and white: Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Use (24% of 2010 global greenhouse gas emissions): Greenhouse gas emissions from this sector come mostly from agriculture (cultivation of crops and livestock) and deforestation. This estimate does not include the CO2 that ecosystems remove from the atmosphere by sequestering carbon in biomass, dead organic matter, and soils, which offset approximately 20% of emissions from this sector.[2] Note these are Global stats, while my link is US only, and was focused on CO2. edit: and it doesn't seem that any of these statistics contradict each other, but it all depends on if we are talking about global stats, US only stats, all GHG emissions, or just CO2.