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Beef and dairy consumption info

NZ

Beef consumption per person : 14.5 kg in 2015 (14,600 grams)

Milk consumption per person : 113.2 kg in 2015 (113,200 grams)

Cheese Consumption per person : 8.8 kg in 2015 (8,800 grams)

Butter Consumption per person : 4.9 kg in 2015 (4,900 grams)

Total (beef & dairy) : 141.4 kg in 2015 (141,400 grams)
Dairy only: 126.9kg in 2015 (126,900 grams)
Beef Only: 14.5 kg in 2015 (14,600 grams)



Daily requirements:
Protein: 181.437grams  or 5.5xbeef pattys
Dairy: 681grams or roughly 2.6 cups of milk
*based on average 2,500 cal diet 

Beef : 80 meals or 440 Beef Pattys
Dairy: 186 meals or 558 cups of butter

1 beef patty weighs 33g on average



Facts:

1 cow can produce 250 to 500L of methane per day. - this blog (8.3 -16.6L Co2)

(While carbon dioxide is typically painted as the bad boy of greenhouse gases,methane is roughly 30 times more potent as a heat-trapping gas) - reference: wiki
250 - 500L Methane = 106-212 kilograms (= 106,000-212,000 grams)

An average mid-size petrol car having 1600 CC engine would exhale about 185 grams of CO2 per km, whereas a diesel car of the same capacity would produce around 150 grams of Co2 per km - referencehttp://www.herebeanswers.com/2011/07/how-much-co2-does-passenger-car-emit.html

21.3 billions liters of milk were processed in 2015

Just over 5 million cows milked in 2015 - 1.9% increase from previous year

New Zealand (Fonterra) is the 5th biggest dairy company
with a turn over of 13.1Billion (US) in 2016


  • A typical passenger vehicle emits about 4.7 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year. (4,700,000 grams Co2)
  • This assumes the average gasoline vehicle on the road today has a fuel economy of about 21.6 miles per gallon and drives around 11,400 miles per year. Every gallon of gasoline burned creates about 8,887 grams of CO2. - (https://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/greenhouse-gas-emissions-typical-passenger-vehicle-0)
  • A typical passenger vehicle emits about 4.7 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year. (4,700,000 grams Co2)
  • a typical cow emits on average 375,000 grams Methane a day (11,250,000 grams Co2) which equalls 4,106,250,000 grams Co2 per year

references: 

http://www.godairy.co.nz/the-big-picture/facts-and-figures
http://www.dairyinfo.gc.ca/index
https://www.choosemyplate.gov/MyPlate-Daily-Checklist

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