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How green is beer?
A study of the environmental impact of beer
~ Greencard for: beer ~
Weight:
1
Kg
Lifespan:
1
Years
Enegy to make:
0.04
Kwh
Energy use:
0
Kwh per year
Co2 footprint
0.002
Kg
Chemical footprint:
None
Waste footprint:
12
%
Carbon offset:
N/A
Trees
Beer is the world's oldestand most widely consumed alcoholic beverage and the third most popular drink overall after water and tea.
What goes into beer
The basic ingredients of beer are: water, malted barley, brewer's yeast (to produce the fermentation) and flavouring such as hops.
Factoids
[2]
Ireland has the second highest consumption of beer in Europe (131 Liters), second only to Czech Republic (157 liters per person per year)
In 2006 more than 133 billion liters (35 billion gallons), of beer was consumed.
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