The only reason way I thought people were vegetarians is because of animal rights issues. I thought that they didn't want to eat anything that comes from animals so that the animals number one don't get slaughtered and also that they aren't taken advantage of sense we as human have such a dominance over them.
The other reason that I found out on Earth Day is actually for us! I found out that the farms were they mass produce chicken, cows, all matter of livestock produces high amounts of Methane into our atmosphere. Methane is one of the four gases that create the Greenhouse effect along with water vapor, carbon dioxide, and ozone.
When I heard, my reaction was that it can't be that big of a deal because there are lots more cars, factories and other things in the world that produce carbon dioxide. It turns out that methane is 25 times worse than carbon dioxide! It seems as though these animal farms produce a little of methane, but that little bit goes a long way!
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The massive amount of methane that is released into the atmosphere isn't the only threat to our health, its also the mass amount of antibiotics that are put into the livestock and their feed. All those antibiotics are starting to cause serious problems with bacteria that are starting to develop resistance to the drugs. How is this a problem? Now when a human becomes ill, the same antibiotic that used to work won't. (think MRSA)
Yeah, i saw a commercial by PITA, who i am not the biggest fan of because of how extreme they are, however it was interesting. They explained that the slaughterhouses and farms produce more harm to the atmosphere than cars, and other transportation vehicles. It's crazy, its something you wouldn't normally think of.
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