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2016-02-25 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Eating less beef key to reaching EU climate change goals, sez new research
[Kanuk Journal] Europeans need to eat less beef and consume less dairy products in order to reach the EU's climate goals, according to a new study by Swedish researchers.

"Reductions, by 50 percent or more, in ruminant meat (beef and mutton) consumption are, most likely, unavoidable if the EU targets are to be met," according to the findings published in the Food Policy journal.

But Stefan Wirsenius, one of the authors of the study written by researchers from Chalmers University of Technology and the SP Technical Research Institute, said there was no need to give up meat completely.

"Poultry and pork cause quite low emissions," he said. Dairy products are also problematic, according to the study. Producing 1 kilogram of protein from dairy results in emissions four times greater than for an equivalent amount of poultry.

"EU and US consumption of cheese and other dairy products is among the highest in the world. If we were to replace some of the dairy with vegetable products, such as oat milk, we would have a better chance of meeting our climate targets," Wirsenius said.

The European Union wants to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent by 2020, when compared with levels from 1990.
Posted by Besoeker 2016-02-25 06:31|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ]  Top

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-02-25 08:40||   2016-02-25 08:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Riiiiight.

The pork and poultry interests fund this little study did they?
Posted by DarthVader 2016-02-25 09:22||   2016-02-25 09:22|| Front Page Top

#3 I thought that only a pure vegan diet would save the planet.
Posted by Rambler in Virginia  2016-02-25 09:43||   2016-02-25 09:43|| Front Page Top

#4 Think of the trees Rambler. Only an empty diet can hope to save the planet from starvation!

(/sarc)

No problem - we just lop-off a digit or two from the measurement of the amount of beef we eat. If they can change the data so can we.
Posted by CrazyFool 2016-02-25 09:49||   2016-02-25 09:49|| Front Page Top

#5 Those beef and milk tins aid the terrorists! Do your part and stick to the fresh veggies! GSTQ.
Posted by Besoeker 2016-02-25 10:20||   2016-02-25 10:20|| Front Page Top

#6 Is it OK to eat vegetarians then?
Posted by gorb 2016-02-25 10:34||   2016-02-25 10:34|| Front Page Top

#7 OK, I'm just taking those dangerous cows off the fields by eating steaks.
Posted by European Conservative 2016-02-25 12:03||   2016-02-25 12:03|| Front Page Top

#8 Eating more eurines would get the desired result quickest...
Posted by M. Murcek 2016-02-25 13:49||   2016-02-25 13:49|| Front Page Top

#9 Thank gawd the cowboys slaughtered the bison that covered America's Great Plains. Otherwise global warming would have started a century earlier.

Now if we can just take care of all those vast herds of African ruminants. And don't forget the termites! Cluster bomb love, that's what I'm thinking. Do it for the planet!
Posted by SteveS 2016-02-25 14:40||   2016-02-25 14:40|| Front Page Top

#10 Less methane, amirite?
Posted by KBK 2016-02-25 17:44||   2016-02-25 17:44|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Lampedusa Creretch3679 2016-02-25 19:00||   2016-02-25 19:00|| Front Page Top

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