You cannot be an environmentalist and a non-vegan. Yet, often times the most passionate, vigilant, and militant environmentalists still eat animal products. Let’s see some examples of why that is… well, hypocritical. Beef production alone uses more water than is consumed in growing the nation’s entire fruit and vegetable crop. Producing a single hamburger patty uses enough fuel to drive 20 miles and causes the loss of five times its weight in topsoil. In his book The Food Revolution, author John Robbins estimates that “you’d save more water by not eating a pound of California beef than you would by not showering for an entire year.” Because of deforestation to create grazing land, each vegetarian saves an acre of trees per year. The facts could go on, but… well, you get the point!
1. Al Gore