They say feeding livestock has become so energy intensive that eating beef is like driving an SUV. Apparentyly, 58% of the America's corn production goes to feeding livestock.
Energy Used to Grow, Harvest and Transport Corn and Alfalfa
Energy used for growing corn:
Total Energy Used
51,112 BTU/Bushel
Crude Oil Used
14,442 BTU/Bushel
How does turkey compare? Will switching my family to turkey cut back our impact on the environment?
2007-07-01 13:38:18 · 11 answers · asked by Smarty Pants 3 in Environment ➔ Green Living
Turkey is better to a minor degree. But it's not a big deal. If you like beef, eat beef. Organic beef raised on open land is a better choice than ordinary beef that live in large feedlots. The real answer to the beef issue is to manage beef production better.
There are lots of ways to help the environment. Choose the ones that work for you.
2007-07-01 14:32:27 · answer #1 · answered by Bob 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Driving an SUV is worse!!!, it implies that you are arrogant, egotistic, only average, that you are a conformist, are afraid to express yourself honestly (actually that's a conformist) and that you probably have a dog and that the dog is more likely to be a golden retriever, and you live in the suburbs and are only a WANNABE adventurer. You also don't care about the environment, and are an pushy over aggressive driver. SUV is an acronym for Stupid Urban Vehicle. You would have to actually pay me to want to ever buy one----ugh. And as far as eating meat, well that is natural, and I know there are veggie folks out there who don't like killing animals to eat BUT you are still killing to eat, you have to kill those plants you name veggies to eat also. So, unless your getting some health benefits from avoiding meat eating which is fine for some, but just don't go around putting down meat-eaters for being killers when you are doing the same thing. Proud to be a non-SUV owner!
2016-05-20 23:00:26 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read similar stats a few years ago, in addition to what factory farms do to the environment. That's what helped prompt me to go vegetarian, now vegan.
I drive a gas-decent Saturn Ion (my husband's 2001 Saturn gets better mileage, but it's also a smaller engine) maybe two or three times a week at the most. (I'm a housewife and only go out when necessary; When we move back to Columbus and out of this Detroit suburb, I'll be able to walk places again.)
I think that if you want to continue to eat meat, just cut back on it overall. Two or three times a week instead of seven. Things like beans can make great substitutions and even play with veggie "meat", tofu and quinona (which I've not played with.) j
I'm curious, as I've not seen stats like this awhile, as to where you got them. Thanks.
I hope this helps.
2007-07-02 00:16:19 · answer #3 · answered by Vegan_Mom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eating turkey is more like driving a Kia Spectra with lower than recommended tire pressure.
2007-07-01 13:40:53 · answer #4 · answered by No Chance Without Bernoulli 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If eating beef is like driving an SUV., then I guess if your eating turkey your probably driving something that "gobbles" up the gas.
2007-07-01 14:05:57 · answer #5 · answered by Syrius 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
How does turkey compare?
It doesn't taste half as good. Stick with beaf.
By the way, you sound as if driving an SUV is a bad thing? I don't get it.
2007-07-01 15:08:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
To me, eating turkey is like having a cow with gas.
2007-07-01 13:49:50 · answer #7 · answered by trey98607 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
...in metaphoric terms it's a 1991 Ford Escort with a little bit of an anti-freeze leak and doesn't go in reverse...
in realistic terms... it's a big dead bird that makes you sleepy.
To answer your questions: go ahead and make the switch...ANYTHING IS BETTER THAN A SUV...
2007-07-01 14:09:59 · answer #8 · answered by GrinGASTIC!! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1986 chevy nova with the windows busted in
2007-07-01 13:45:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
more like a beat up old Oldsmobile, with body and engine damage, similar too one you would see on "Pimp My Ride"
2007-07-01 13:48:07 · answer #10 · answered by Pat 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋