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[-] RedMarsRepublic@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Cycling is cool but that's small-fry compared to if we all went vegan (or even just vegetarian)...

[-] dreadedchalupacabra@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

And that is nothing compared to corporate emissions and air travel, but the internet LOVES telling you that how you live your life is wrong for moral reasons or due to some panic.

I say this as a chef that's generally vegan friendly. We gotta stop blaming each other when we're a drop in the bucket compared to big business. They got you attacking other people so they can do what they want with impunity.

[-] PJepb@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Totally agree with your sentiment, we wasted so much time putting the pressure on the individual when the real culprit was Industry, there is no argument whatsoever there. That being said, the Agriculture Industry (food production in general) does account for a hearty chunk, about 25%, of all worldwide emissions, and that is without doing calculation for "land lost" costs, i.e. the reduction in forests we took by having agricultural industry there instead, and the emissions those forests could have negated.

Food is a serious driver of climate change. Meat, but especially beef, is the worse food in terms of the cost we pay in overall emissions. Moreover, half of ALL agricultural land in use is for pasturing animals. Beef being eliminated as a food product would incredibly help climate change and meet emission goals much faster. This video does a great job at summarizing the problem, is a generally reliable channel for informative mini docs, and provides a huge list of sources you can review there.

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