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Livestock play significant roles in deforestation, soil erosion, water scarcity, global warming, depletion of fossil fuels, and loss of biodiversity.

There are three big areas: Fossil fuel usage, efficiency of land usage and greenhouse gas production:

A large amount of fossil fuel is used for animal agricultural - up to 1/3 of the USA total usage.

To raise an animal for slaughter, the animal must be fed on grains - much of which (soya and grains) could be eaten directly; greatly improving the usage of agricultural land.

A significant source of methane produced by livestock - cows in particular "burp" methane.

Mathematically, with much healthier foods taking up far and away less from the environment, the meat industry really only serves to retard environmental awareness (and moral ethics).

It should be noted that there are few drawbacks, environmentally speaking, to vegetarianism. Many vegetarians in northern climates want to have the diversity of fresh fruits and vegetables available all winter, As a consequence the carbon footprint of pineapples, mangoes and other exotic foods flown in from all around the world can be quite heavy. Winter vegetarians in northern paces like Alaska and Nunavut often convert to a game based diet to reduce this impact or eat a diet of summer grown storable vegetables and local produce (canned or dried) during the winter months.

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