Vegan diet massively cuts environmental damage, study shows

So would cracking down on the unnecessary private flights billionaires take.

New study shows that the floor is made out of floor

My God, just reduce your meat intake and stop being a wuss. This thread is insufferable.

Yes let's shift the blame off massive polluting companies, we should eat veggies and let them warm the earth

The problem is that, as an overall percentage of annual emissions, agriculture as a whole is only about 11%* of the total, with meat contributing to part of that amount. Similar to individual contributions, while this is an important part of the problem, it's not a big enough part that we should prioritize tackling it compared to other, significantly worse parts.

The bulk of resources should be dedicated to massively lowering energy contributions, which are a whopping 72%* of total emissions, with electricity and heat being ~31% of that amount.

*2013 data, source: https://www.c2es.org/content/international-emissions/#:~:text=Globally%2C the primary sources of,72 percent of all emissions.

People aren't going to care enough unless its significantly cheaper than meat and equally as much effort for the consumer but a lot of vegan alternatives to meat aren't. It should be cheaper for all of the same reasons that it's more environmentally friendly. Plus why full vegan? It's more likely that people will move in small steps vegetarianism is still an option. We lose so much with the all or nothing approach.

It's even better if we stop eating entirely. BIG savings on emissions!

Life in prison for the entire board of directors for the top 100 largest polluting corporations would do a lot more I bet.

We've been saying this for year yet people still refuse

Cool, but no thank you. I have moved to getting my meat from local farms and co-ops, I have cut back on my meat consumption, but I'm not gonna give up meat. That's my choice, just as yours is yours.

Just completely switching to only eating chicken or a vegetarian diet gets you nearly there. No need to go completely vegan and far easier to do for someone who regularly eats beef.

Eating local meat also solves this problem.

So does eating the rich. I know which one I'd prefer

goes nuclear power does help as long it the nuclear reactor placed anywhere near the area that can earthquake

This type of rhetoric is just relieving big industries of their sole responsibility and enabling them. “It’s not my fault that I’m producing it, it’s your fault that you’re buying it” my ass. I won’t do a single shit unless the people that are actually causing this crisis do something.

Yeah. It also makes us die sooner, which is also great for the environment. Great success!