Americans eat an average of 3 cheeseburgers per week, amounting to 150 cheeseburgers per annum for all 300 million citizens of the United States, totaling 45 billion cheeseburgers per year as a nation. The production of these cheeseburgers produces 200 million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide per year. Depending on how the cheeseburger is cooked and transported, a single burger will produce between 766 to 3000 grams of C02, not including the methane produced by the cows from which the tasty cheeseburgers come from.
According to these numbers, cheeseburger consumption produces more C02 than SUV operation, so if you enjoy hitting the drive-thru in your BMW X5, you’re really doing your bit to tropicalize the arctic.
For more information, check National Geographic’s 6 Degrees Could Change the World
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[...] Tänker på: Om jag vågar stjäla Reggae Spectacular-skivan med Jimmy Cliff ifrån lägenheten som jag nu hyr. Och ett blogginlägg om amerikanarnas cheeseburger-habits och vad det gör för miljön. Läs här. [...]
Pingback by Klockan 09:22 ligger landet ungefär så här: « With bruised arms and broken rhythm in NYC May 9, 2008 @ 6:25 amI don’t think I’ve had a burger in over a month, so who the hell is eating my cheeseburgers?
Anyway, without context, say a comparison against how much CO2 organic tofu bought at Whole Foods generates, the information is interesting but meaningless.
Comment by Wilhelm2451 May 9, 2008 @ 1:58 pmit would be very interesting, I know the UK and the EU have been working on plans to implement a C02 labelling system on food in the near future but haven’t anything about such plans for the North American Market.
Comment by thepublics May 9, 2008 @ 2:13 pmAre you saying that we’re behind everybody else and still eating regular beef in N. America? By regular, do you mean next level frankenfood?
“Gyo don kudasai!”
Comment by meelahjnn May 9, 2008 @ 10:59 pmstop trying to take away our fredoms already.
Comment by EmJAy May 11, 2008 @ 10:38 pmNorth America has a relatively bright future, providing we put an end to conservative politics on this continent. But we definitely need to catch up to the EU in terms of all their groovy socialist cultural phenomenon, and we also need to get a free trade agreement with Japan so we can take advantage of their upcoming robot revolution.
Comment by thepublics May 12, 2008 @ 2:12 amshut up.
Comment by edog May 17, 2008 @ 1:16 pm