Dietary effect on Supply and Demand

by Subadra

On you pie graph it shows that agricultural biproducts is 12.5 percent. Then it continues to show that it is a 40% contributer of methane. Methane is produced by livestock of the agricultural sector. You multiple this by 21 times and this is a significant contributer to global warming.

I think if we decrease demand for meat and increase the demand for organic vegetables we will have decreased methane emissions. We would also have made the world more sustainable because increasing vegetables in our diet decreases our height on the food chain thereby lessening our impact.

The UN has excepted livestock as a major contributer to global warming and might be considering lowering subsidies for that sector.

Barry's Response - That's good thinking, Subadra. Diets that are more vegetarian are more healthy as well, you could have noted. And what's good for us and good for our planet must be good in general. Thank you for your input.