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Threadly reminder that animal agriculture does more to harm the planet than almost anything on the planet
Animal agriculture makes up 51% of global greenhouse gases. The entirety of all global transportation (cars, planes, trucks, etc.) only makes up 13%. As well, methane is produced instead of CO2, which is far worse for the environment.
Animal agriculture is the leading cause of deforestation, desertification, animal extinction, habitat loss, and ocean pollution
An acre of Amazon rainforest is cut down each minute for grazing or for growing animal feed. 91% of all Amazon rainforest destruction is because of animal agriculture.
The main cause of all this is American (and soon to be Chinese) meat consumption. This is more or less due to how McDonaldized America has become in terms of its diet
If you want to help the environment, eat less meat. Obviously dont stop eating all meat, thats pretty gay, meat is pretty tasty afterall, just put more greens in than meat into your meals
