Statistics in favor of vegetarianism.

A lot of non-vegetarians plus some vegetarians alike question whether being a vegetarian truly makes any difference at all. Some mention blurry ethical situations making it impossible to see a vegetarian lifestyle as ethical.

In case you are a prospective vegetarian for ethical reasons, but are not sure whether or not a vegetarian way of life is truly a more ethical choice, here are some data from EarthSave that may help you make your choice (for or against):

1. More than 1.3 billion human beings could be fed every year from the grain and soybeans which go to livestock in the US. This implies that the entire population of the USA may be fed (without losing any vitamins and minerals) and there would still be enough food remaining to give food to one billion people.

In a world where millions of people die every year of starvation, that sort of food excess and ineffectiveness could be thought to be unethical.

2. Livestock in the us makes roughly 30 times more excrement than human beings. While humans in the USA have complex sewage systems to collect and treat human waste, there are no such systems on feedlots. Therefore, most of this waste leeches into water. Which means that large-scale, massive production and slaughter of animals is not only unethical, but it also leads to severe environmental degradation.

3. It will take 7.5 pounds of protein feed to create 1 pound of consumable hog protein; plus it takes 5 pounds of protein feed to produce 1 pound of consumable chicken protein. Close to 90% of protein from wheat and beans is lost to feed cycling. Which means that a significant amount of resources are devoted to producing wheat and soy just with the objective of giving it to animals, that will be slaughtered as "a source of protein"--although they only provide about 1/5 of the amount they consume.

Not only can the production of meat be regarded as an injustice against animals, but it can also be considered an injustice against humans, and also the environment.

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