Vegan
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Massaging the stats to make things look better than they are doesn’t seem useful to me. Questioning mainstream science about raising livestock being highly detrimental to both climate and biodiversity, gets us into the realms of climate change denial.
A quote by a climate scientist on CNN (Professor Bill McGuire of UCL) went something like this, ‘"If the fracturing of our once stable climate doesn't terrify you, then you don't fully understand it’.
So far I’ve mentioned veganism as a rational reaction to a climate emergency, which could buy us much needed time (we’ve passed the 1.5C target and are looking at 2c warming) . Even if it (less meat consumption) was just a stopgap until sustainable meat production became mainstream, possibly using precision fermentation, it would be of benefit
Business as usual seems to be the consensus, but won’t work.
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last post from me about this. Out!
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Yes, this is one of the conflicts in what counts as green. See also nuclear energy.
That said, if you care about the environment as you seem to and everyone has become vegan, it would seem silly to not switch to organic at the same time.
Plus, the plan is to decarbonise everything including farm vehicles.
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I do find that Chickpeas and Green Lentils increase my methane output considerably. 😉
X that by the number of vegans in the world. It might be contributing to GHG.
Sometimes. Maybe. Possibly.
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They should simply change the target to 5 degrees and we can all calm down for a while.
And Bacon.
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