FEWD Forschungsstelle für Ethik u. Wissenschaft im Dialog, Universität Wien

One kilogram of meat as harmful to the climate as driving up to 1600 kilometres in a car

Wien (ots) - A recent Austrian and Dutch study shows that the production of one kilogram of beef in Brazil produces 335 kilograms of carbon dioxide (CO2), which corresponds roughly to the emissions of driving an average European car for more than 1600 kilometres. Even Dutch beef still amounts to 22 kilogram CO2 or 111 kilometres in a car. Kurt Schmidinger from the ...