Do cheeseburgers contribute to global warming?

Question

Do cheeseburgers contribute to global warming?

Answer 1

everything contributes to global warming..

just like how everything causes cancer now.

well thats how the media portrays it,

when no one knows everything that's happening.

Answer 2

well they make me f**t...

I find it's less of an issue if I leave the cheese out, so I guess that would be a yes.

Answer 3

Millions of acres of rain forest are being cut down to allow for more grazing land for cattle. The cattle produce methane gas, which contributes to global warming. Then the cattle are butchered, a process which also contributes to global warming. Then the butchered cattle become beef, which allows millions of people around the world to eat cheap BigMacs. so, yes - cheeseburgers definitely contribute to global warming in a big way.  -RKO-  06/30/08

Answer 4

Sure - The easy way to determine if something causes global warming is to ask the question "Was this product created by Man?"

If the answer is 'Yes", then the product DOES contribute to so-called "Global Warming".

Answer 5

Sure...

I'm sure if you put it to Al Gore, he'll say they do.

Answer 6

Hi Nel,

From data I collected from a report on the beef industry by Japanese researches and another report from the state of New Hampshire I was able to calculate the global impact of beef. The following numbers include transportation of feed to the cows/bulls/heifers, raising the animals to appropriate age (4-7 years), butchering and packaging the meat. They DO NOT include the number for transportation of the meat to supermarkets:

1 Pound of Beef pollution results:

CO2 = 80.02 lbs.

SO2 = 0.748 lbs.

Methane (CH4) = 0.009346 lbs.

Energy Used = 169 mega joules. (1.207 gallons of Oil, or 3% of a barrel.)

Now Methane although much more potent than CO2, in order to get an understanding of its impact you have to look at its GWP (Global warming impact) which is related to CO2. Methane is relative to CO2 at a ratio of 24-1 so 0.009346 lbs of CH4 = 0.224304 lbs of CO2 equivalent.

Also here is a nother way to look at the impact from eating beef.

Compared to the emissions from the state of CT power industry, eating 1 pound of beef would send the same amount of CO2 as watching a 17" television 24 hours a day for 79 days straight.

Answer 7

Vegans and their brethren would tell you that cows f**t and that is bad for the planet.  They'd also show you that the rain forests have been destroyed to make use of the land to raise cows which f**t.  They would describe the beef industry as contributing to global warming by its practices but that still doesn't change the fact that cows, even the ones that f**t, taste delicious.  

If you feel really bad, take the bus/subway all week to work and back and enjoy your cheeseburger with a clear conscience.

Answer 8

Yes they do.  And bacon cheeseburgers, fuggedaboudit!

Answer 9

to a some extent                  

YESSSS........

BUT NOT EVEN SO MUCH

Answer 10

I like Cheeseburgers, I wonder if Al GOre does?  He looks like he has had his share of them. He would love to tax everything we buy based on Carbon content!

Answer 11

(LOL), ah, YES.

Answer 12

No... not even a little bit.

Answer 13

Wait, I thought this wasn't an attack on the American lifestyle.

Next they'll say baseball contributes to global warming.

Answer 14

lol i strongly doubt it

Answer 15

We've been eating cheeseburgers for some 60 years now, can't blame a food on what the weather does.