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    Livestock and Global Warming

    February 17, 2007

    I have always linked Humans to Global Warming eversince I understood what it was, but never expected livestock and cattle also to be active contributors to global warming !

    A few facts listed below will make things clearer to you:

    * The world’s 1,530 million cattle contribute more to global warming than its 900 million cars and commercial vehicles.
    * The gas from livestock flatulence and manure is now estimated to contribute to 27 per cent of global warming
    * The high methane content is reported to be 23 times more “warming” than carbon dioxide.
    * The urine has high concentrations of ammonia that contributes to acid rain.
    * 900 litres of water is required to produce one litre of milk.
    * India accounts for over 18 per cent of the worlds cattle, i.e approximately 5 per cent of the global warming is caused by the Indian livestock.

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