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The liters per kg of beef number we often see around is not accurate. It doesn't take into account that most of the water cows need, they urinate it and it goes
by pepperonipizza 5y ago
The liters per kg of beef number we often see around is not accurate. It doesn't take into account that most of the water cows need, they urinate it and it goes back into the water cycle.
But it could be, even taking account that they urinate most of what they need, they still need a lot more water per calories than other foods.
I don't eat beef because of the environmental impact, but I recently discovered that the impact of beef has been exaggerated.
It still has a big impact and I will keep not eating red meat, but I am more prudent with the numbers around beef I read in the news.
- degrews 5y agoThe vast majority of the water usage that's attributed to beef is from growing the crops that feed the cows. The amount of water that the cows drink directly is probably negligible in comparison.
- llampx 5y agoWell, technically all of the water used goes back into the water cycle somehow. That's why it is a cycle. However it doesn't help if California is using millions of gallons of freshwater to irrigate some crops and it is evaporating and ending up on the other side of the Rockies, or in the Pacific.