What’s the Beef? Confessions of a twenty-year-old carnivore By Andrew Beauregard

Why choose Meat? Americans consume the second largest amount of meat per capita Grocery lists are something college students control I need more information to debate my vegetarian friend

Quantifying my Impact Observe meat consumption over several weeks Estimate weekly and yearly consumption Use Clean Metrics food calculator to measure emssions

Where I Stand I eat roughly 2 lbs. of meat per week The adds up 150 lbs. of meat per year The three main types of meat I eat are chicken, beef and pork My meat consumption costs approximately kg of CO 2 equivalent

Breaking Down Emissions 75 lbs of chicken – 1.81 kg CO 2 per lb 37.5 lbs of beef – 7.49 kg CO 2 per lb 37.5 lbs of pork – 2.63 kg CO 2 per lb (75*1.81)+(37.5*7.49)+ (37.5*2.63)=

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