Subcommittee Offers Dietary Tip to Aid Environment
Published 04.04.2011
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As an incentive to monitor and reduce our environmental footprint (save energy and water and reduce waste) Penn College's Energy Conservation Subcommittee offers this tip: "If all Americans were to reduce their meat consumption by 20 percent, it would be the equivalent of all Americans switching from a standard sedan to a Prius. As an example, in the production of 2.2 pounds of beef, an equivalent amount of carbon dioxide is expended, the amount equal to a European car driving 155 miles. Meat is a large carbon footprint. It takes 2,500 gallons of water and many pounds of grain to make 1 pound of beef for your table. Try a meat-free day. The air and the animals thank you."