Dailey Bailey: Vegetarians Are Actually Bad For the Environment

This is some delicious irony right here. Way more delicious than tofu, at least.

A new study out of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh found that vegetarians and vegans are actually bad for the environment. So while vegetarians are good for animals, they’re bad for the planet those animals live on.

Here’s why. It takes a lot more energy to produce the vegetables you need to make up for all those calories you’re not getting from meat.

For example, producing 1,000 calories worth of things like lettuce, celery, and cucumbers takes a hell of a lot more energy to raise and produce than 1,000 calories worth of chicken or pork.