Being Straight Edge is better for the Earth

For a project at work I needed to research diesel and it's environmental impact compared to regular gasoline. This lead me to wonder how living straight edge impacts global warming versus not being edge.

There are definitely high levels of CO₂ production from not only the production of brewing beer and other alcohols, but also in the packaging especially if it is packaged in glass. Then since any "quality" beer is imported the environmental impact of shipping adds to that overall effect. Soda has similar impacts from it's own production which is high in sugar processing and water consumption, but it typically is less than beer and is bottled in many local bottling plants all across the U.S. And if you are a SxE person that avoids caffeine then you are improving the earth, I personally only drink a soda about once a month. Source.

Some SxE people are Vegetarians and Vegans and it's a fairly effective way to reduce CO₂ which comes from methane which is produced in large quantities by cattle. I personally am not a vegetarian or vegan, but I rarely eat beef and it doesn't seem that puoltry produces the same level of methane as cows. However the impact of production of these animals into food products has a significant impact as well. Source.

Tobacco despite being a plant is not as efficient at reducing CO₂ as the forests that are typically clear-cut to make room for tobacco farms. Source.

Other impacts on the earth for not being Straight Edge are the usage of illegal drugs which affect the environment, from the effects involded in their generally unenvironmental labs and international shipping for the "good" stuff.

So it seems that being Straight Edge is positive way to live on a Poison Free Earth.