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Environment & Energy

muriel_volestrangler

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11. Since the figures looked about 10 times too big, I looked for "1100 gallons", and that's the figure

Reply to cprise (Reply #10)

Sun Oct 4, 2015, 04:29 PM

Oct 2015

From the website the OP linked to:

Each day, a person who eats a vegan diet saves 1,100 gallons of water, 45 pounds of grain, 30 sq ft of forested land, 20 lbs CO2 equivalent, and one animal’s life.

http://www.cowspiracy.com/facts/

The OP has added a zero on to the end.

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Where does the 11,000 gallons per day from meat come from? muriel_volestrangler Oct 2015 #9

Definitely about more than just greenhouse gasses: water, deforestation, food scarcity cprise Oct 2015 #10

Since the figures looked about 10 times too big, I looked for "1100 gallons", and that's the figure muriel_volestrangler Oct 2015 #11

Oops! My bad. But hey, "zero" is "nothing", right? n /t Binkie The Clown Oct 2015 #13

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