Science Reveals the True Cost of a Burger

[KichigaiNeko]

This is old news I think. It was used decades ago to "Save the Amazon Rainforests"

Since when are we specifically eating tons of carbon/ CO2?....... I am beginning to suspect that SD just recycles news worthy items.

In the theme of the OP but on a slightly different slant

Carbon Emissions 'Outsourced' to Developing Countries
ScienceDaily (Mar. 8, 2010) — A new study by scientists at the Carnegie Institution finds that over a third of carbon dioxide emissions associated with consumption of goods and services in many developed countries are actually emitted outside their borders. Some countries, such as Switzerland, "outsource" over half of their carbon dioxide emissions, primarily to developing countries. The study finds that, per person, about 2.5 tons of carbon dioxide are consumed in the U.S. but produced somewhere else. For Europeans, the figure can exceed four tons per person. Most of these emissions are outsourced to developing countries, especially China.

China is by far the largest "exporter" of carbon dioxide emissions, as seen in this map of the net flow of emissions embodied in trade among the major exporting and importing countries. Arrows indicate direction and magnitude of flow; numbers are megatons (millions of tons). (Credit: Steven Davis/Carnegie Institution for Science)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/201...151041.htm