Microblog: Meat and Greenhouse Gas — Beef Cattle Production Was Responsible for Only 1.9% of Total U.S. GHG Emissions in 2014

Bill Gates says wealthy countries should stop eating meat and choose plant-based alternatives to combat climate change. Let’s not consider that he has investments in synthetic meat companies or that he’s now the largest owner of US farm land (or if climate change is real).

📚But let’s assume meat IS the problem. I wrote a full chapter in @CarnivoreCure on this incredibly false statement.

💡Since numbers don’t lie, let me show you my math, sourced from only the most trustworthy US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and UN’s FAO. (sarcasm here)

❌US livestock is NOT largely responsible for Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. Per the EPA, beef cattle production was responsible for only 1.9% of total US GHG emissions in 2014.

🥩In fact, US beef production advances has DECREASED GHG emissions PER POUND of beef 9–16% from the 1970s to present.

☀️Climate change isn’t caused by livestock. During the pandemic, animals were never shut down yet the air was cleaner. (NO2 fell by 70% in some areas).

🌱Sorry, these vegan meats won’t make a dent in climate change. These foods, made from monocrops are causing MORE harm to the…