We are in the midst of a planetary crisis...put down that MacDonald’s!

Sara Garrun

Tweet: We are in the midst of a planetary crisis and your overindulgence is the cause! Vegetarianism could save our planet for the next generation!

Global Warming- Not only is this phenomenon accelerating immense damage towards the environment; it is also one of the biggest euphemisms used today. It should be called global heating, or better yet, the massacre of animals across the globe in an attempt to feed our own self-interest.

This is my argument as to why vegetarianism may be one solution.

FACT: there is 1.4 billion cubic kilometres of water on the planet. 2.5% of this is fresh water. Of this, 70% is ice. This leaves only 8000km2 of fresh water available to us and of this, we use 50% of it per annum.

So what does this have to do with vegetarianism?

Well, for every kilogram of grain produced, 1000 litres of water is used. For every kilogram of meat produced, 10 kg of grain is used. This means that for 1kg of meat, 10 000 litres of water is used. This is an onslaught on our environment and there is no justification for it beyond pure greed. Our most precious commodity is literally going down the drain.

Now let us move onto the issue of carbon emission.

FACT: The animals we eat emit 21% of all the carbon dioxide that can be credited to human activity. This means that if we were to eliminate livestock we would be able to lower the carbon emissions that are heating the atmosphere with such devastating consequence.

These are just two incentives from an ocean of reasons as to why you going vegetarian could save the planet for the next generation.