Your Estimate Results!
Net Water Use Comparisons
692,754 Total Liters per Year 183,006 Total Gallons per Year
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World
- 137,454 36,311Equivalent to 1residential pools 6x12x1.5 M3 20x40x5 FT3 -
Herbivores
+ 116,729 30,837Equivalent to 1residential pools 6x12x1.5 M3 20x40x5 FT3 -
Vegetarians
+ 37,183 9,823Don't worry, you just have to skip 326showers this year 15 minutes, 7.6 LPM 15 minutes, 2 GPM -
Carnivores
- 153,911 40,659Equivalent to 1residential pools 6x12x1.5 M3 20x40x5 FT3
Net Greenhouse Gas Emission Comparisons
1,817 Total Kilograms per Year 4,005 Total Pounds per Year
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World
- 835 1,841Equivalent to 65cars 13 KG CO2eq per day 28 LB CO2eq per day -
Herbivores
+ 884 1,949Equivalent to 69cars 13 KG CO2eq per day 28 LB CO2eq per day -
Vegetarians
+ 43 94Equivalent to 15smartphones 2.9 KG CO2eq per year 6.3 LB CO2eq per year -
Carnivores
- 927 2,043Equivalent to 72cars 13 KG CO2eq per day 28 LB CO2eq per day
Net Land Use Comparisons
3,855 Total Square Meters per Year 41,499 Total Square Feet per Year
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World
- 2,106 22,669Equivalent to 8tennis courts 261 M2 2,808 FT2 -
Herbivores
+ 2,457 26,441Equivalent to 9tennis courts 261 M2 2,808 FT2 -
Vegetarians
- 122 1,312Equivalent to 2apartment units 82 M2 882 FT2 -
Carnivores
- 2,335 25,129Equivalent to 9tennis courts 261 M2 2,808 FT2
Sources:
Mekonnen & Hoekstra (2010, crops)Mekonnen & Hoekstra (2010, animals)
Poore & Nemecek (2018, Science)
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6392/987
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