Going vegetarian: Will it help control global warming?
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* According to 2006 United Nations report, livestock's contribution to environmental problems is on a massive scale.
* Meat industry consumes more environmental resources, which contribute to land degradation, climate change and air pollution, water shortage and water pollution and loss of biodiversity.
* While industrialized world eats about 170 pounds of meat per person per year (USA ' 220 pounds), whereas, non-industrialized world about 60 pounds per person. USA with only 4.7 % of the world's population consumes 25 % of the global beef produced.
* Breeding and selling livestock resources provide livelihood option for a large landless and poor populace of developing and underdeveloped world. Even the amount of pesticides and fertilizers used to raise vegetarian crops, don't help the cause of vegetarian diets.
