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國際比賽
International

食牛問題

Cows and Global Warming
沙雕師 方智達 Fang Zhi-Da
臺灣 / Taiwan

冠軍 The First Place

隊伍名稱 一起玩沙吧
隊長 呂佳雯 隊員：方智達、蕭劭芳

全球暖化愈形嚴重，疾呼著降低二氧化碳排 Every country endeavors to lower the emission
of carbon dioxide to ease the issue of global
放量，但這溫室效應氣體最大元兇其實是牛
warming. According to the statistics, 18% of the
群，他們排出二氧化碳佔總量的 18%；牛屁 greenhouse gasses come from cows. Cow’s farts
和排泄物含多種汙染氣體，其中氨與甲烷最 and excrements produce a variety of polluting
gases, especially ammonia and methane. Ammonia
為嚴重，氨是導致酸雨的主要原因 , 而甲烷 is the primary cause of the acid rain while methane
這種氣體暖化地球速度比二氧化碳快了 20 accelerates global warming 20 times faster than
carbon dioxide. Other than the gases produced by
倍，且牛分泌 1 公升牛奶要先消耗 990 公
cows, it also takes 990 liters to produce 1 liter milk.
升的水，然而過度畜牧也造成 1/5 草地因而 Livestock industry also leads to the desertification
of one fifth grasslands. Therefore, we would like to
沙漠化，所以我們要終結的不是牛而是食牛
encourage people to eat more vegetables instead
者，少吃肉、多吃素，減少排放溫室暖化氣 of beef in order to lower the greenhouse gasses as

體、也減少飼養動物所消耗的穀物。 well as the grains for feeding animals.

〘雕沙．精刻細琢 59
Precise carving