The Pros And Cons Of Animal Agriculture

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The major issue in this argument is that there's not enough space on earth to successfully sustain both animal agriculture and human society, the increasing global warming that could possibly end human life in the next 50 years. Greenhouse gases are profoundly caused by Animal Agriculture. Statics show that animal Agriculture leads all Greenhouse Gases by 51% compared to other resources. Could animal agriculture be the solution to human extinction.

He Goes to explain how Animal agriculture is the leading cause to human climate change, while also consuming 1/3 of the planets water and 45% of the earths land. it's also the leading cause for environmental destruction such as deforestation, world hunger and water scarcity . 91% of the land loss from the amazon rainforests is due to animal
agriculture. With all the negative affects that animal agriculture have on the earth and human climate change. where do we go from here? Without enough space to sustain both human environment and animal agriculture one must eventually become obsolete for the other to grow. Are profits more important than humanity? …show more content…

He also then goes on to explain logics and statistics such as I mention before, the 91% rainforest loss, 45% of consuming of earth land and the consumption of 1/3 of fresh water are statistically reason why the animal agriculture cannot successfully coexist with humanity. Ethically the arguer did what he thought was morally right, to whistle blow all main corporations that were not in the best interest of the human population which displayed an expression of

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