Hamburgers are the Hummers of Food in Global Warming

Posted By: 
Emma Schneider
Posted On: 
Monday, March 30th, 2009

This article from breitbart.com takes a look at a certain aspect of American life that may be contributing more to global warming than you would have thought possible your diet. Did you know that people are eating close to double the recommended amount of meat per year? Did you also know that one kilogram of beef releases sixteen kilograms of carbon dioxide equivalent into the air which is ten times higher than that of poultry? Salad anyone?