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  • WoofWoof91 [comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    its carbon footprint is huge.

    the murdered cow is ~15.452kg of carbon emissions, assuming two 75g burger patties
    spuds are ~0.043
    toms are ~0.164
    cheese is ~0.964
    the bun is ~0.115

    • MichelLouise [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      What's your source on these? I used a pretty basic estimator the other day to compute my personal total emissions and it appears that food is my largest source of emissions (thank you hydroelectric power and public transports). I'd like to find more detailed info.

      Only thing I could find for the beef is from an FAO report:

      Average emission intensities are 2.8 kg CO2-eq per kg of fat and protein corrected milk for milk and 46.2 kg CO2-eq per kg of carcass weight for beef.

      It seems that this number is much higher than yours because they compute total GHG emissions (including methane and nitrous oxide - much higher than carbon dioxide alone for beef), and convert them to CO2-eq to give a total figure.

      • WoofWoof91 [comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        used the calculator on the bbc website, then did some maths
        bear in mind that the footprint of things changes depending on where you live