Virtual Steak: Beef Is 10X More Environmentally Costly Than Other Meat, Says Study

Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - 06:10 in Mathematics & Economics

Easy metrics like 'it takes a gallon of gas to make a pound of beef' or 'it takes 140 liters of water to make a cup of coffee' get mainstream media because they are outrageous. They are outrageous because they are completely wrong. What is the 'real' cost of eating beef? Are the other animal or animal-derived foods better or worse? read more

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