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The US alone emits almost 20,000 tons of methane per day just from eating hamburgers (.0126 pounds per hamburger x 300 million people) or about 10 more than thi
by 0daystock 4y ago
The US alone emits almost 20,000 tons of methane per day just from eating hamburgers (.0126 pounds per hamburger x 300 million people) or about 10 more than this big scary Russian hole. Yet no one bats an eye.
- asperous 4y agoThere's quite a bit of discussion on GHG emissions of food, especially red meat. One video is here [1] [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1Hq8eVOMHs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1Hq8eVOMHs
- jamal-kumar 4y agoOut of all the countries I've been to there's actually some which go even crazier than the USA. I think Brazil is notable in this regard, every restaurant I went into had steak. Even a pizza parlor is like you don't want pizza? We got Picanha!
- krallja 4y agoYour base assumption is that every American eats one hamburger per day?
- alexose 4y agoThat doesn’t sound right. It has to be at least two or three, minimum
- 0daystock 4y agoAdd in dairy and other animal products and the effect is much worse. But seeing from downvotes, people rather bury their head in the sand and blame an evil boogeyman than realize their own implication in the problem.