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Plant-heavy ‘flexitarian’ diets could help limit global heating, study finds (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 5 months ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

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[–] FriendBesto@lemmy.ml 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

You know what would really help? More so then cutting actual food intake?

How about halfing the number of golf courses? Stop using grass and let more natural plants for lawns, stop the use of private planes and also just kill or reduce the Cruise ship industry to a miniscule amount. Plus other shit rich people use that has a disproportionate huge carbon footprint. Find it funny that I never see the news --or rich, holier than thou morons-- pushing for this. Nah, they go after our food. Rich people do not care, they can eventually make beef the price of caviar per weight? Because fuck you and all of us. Why? Well they do not care. They can always pay. Easily.

For example: Bill Gates is the largest farm land owner in the USA now, he and his buddies and his rich clients will all get all the natural milk, beef, pork, chickens, lambs, veal they can eat. You? Eat lentils and maybe crickets or give his lab grown biomilq, to your kids or eat his lab meat, like a good and compliant serf. Don't think, just comply and consume. 'Cause I am sure he ain't touching the stuff himself or is his family. He is not going to be the long term guinea pig. I wouldn't either.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/03/13/biomilq-artificial-breast-milk

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bill-gates-backed-lab-grown-195311408.html

Carbon footprint of food production in the USA is 9% of total. Beef is about 3% of total. So 9 for both beef and crops.

Just the cruise ship industry, for example, is about 3.3% of the world's total carbon footprint. Let's kill that. Also private jet use. They can fly Business class, if they are not hypocrites.

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[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Is this actually news? Seems old to me, thanks OP though for bringing it up again.

[–] Rozlif@feddit.uk 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

it's pretty crazy that no one in this thread has mentioned that going vegan would have a larger impact.

[–] Teppichbrand@feddit.de 0 points 5 months ago

Being vegan would have a much larger impact!

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The term flexitarian is new to me anyway. Happy this concept is getting more press anyway

[–] Teppichbrand@feddit.de 0 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Well... Raping is wrong, right? Say there is this guy, he doesn't always rape, just sometimes when he's in the mood. But not always. Should we applaud this flexi-rapist for doing something aweful a little less?

[–] nyctre@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You're not technically wrong, but you'll never convert anyone with your attitude. You're doing veganism a disservice. Please stop.

[–] Teppichbrand@feddit.de 0 points 5 months ago

Just planting seeds, some like it, some don't. I'll be a little less harsh next time.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Well rape is illegal, but honestly I see the equivalence, morally. That's the age old question posed by harm reduction, and I think, answered by it too. And this hardline viewpoint may work on some people, so it's a good one to bring up.

My take is that it's got nothing to do with rewarding less bad behaviour, but about reducing the amount of harm in the world. AFAIK there's no evidence that encouraging someone to be partially vegan actually props up modern horror farming any more than arguing for pure veganism.

Further, I think you can argue for both. Treat one as a gateway to the other.

The fact is we're unlikely to see animal eating outlawed in our lifetime, so we've got to work within the confines of rhetoric, or I guess terrorism.

[–] Teppichbrand@feddit.de 0 points 5 months ago

Yeah I agree. Usually I am more patient and understanding as well, but today I decided to be a little confronting. There is no right way, as long as we do anything at all, I guess.

[–] myrrh@ttrpg.network 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

...my wife eats meat: you know what she eats a heck of a lot less of since moving in with me?..you know what she'd've eaten a heck of a lot more of if i weren't tolerant?..

...don't make perfect the enemy of good; you'll do a heck of a lot less good and be surprised when you learn that your perfect isn't...

[–] Teppichbrand@feddit.de 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm vegan a long time now, sometimes I lose my patience because it feels like I'm talking to 8 year olds all the time. Carnism ia real, the fragile meat-egos, the bullshit bingo, the same lame arguments make me loose my patience sometimes. But obviously you have a point.

[–] boomzilla@programming.dev 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

In my note app I've saved my old replies I'm fairly confident of regarding research, impact and links to sources and fire them up against the standard arguments. It's cheap but it would be madness to answer the age old cliches popping up in mass under a controversional vegan post with individual new answers. The definition of Sisyphus work. I refine the posts to take deviations from standard arguments into account. I don't spam them in a thread of full of the same cliche answers but tactically under one of them with a lot of upvotes/likes. This saves me some headaches and at least I know I countered the disinformation at least once and will maybe make some people see that the most regurgitated answers are not per se the most correct just because of their prevalence.

[–] Teppichbrand@feddit.de 0 points 5 months ago

Damn, I am still sisyphussing!

[–] olivebranch@lemmy.ca 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

US Army: ** is biggest CO2 polluter in the world **

Media: "You should eat more vegetables to save the planet"

Even funnier to me are vegans that argue with people about how animals are killed and how bad it is for environment to eat meat. While the military kills millions of innocent people for oil and burns a record amount of fossil fuels in the process.

Yeah, somehow I don't think we are focusing on the right problems.

[–] Teppichbrand@feddit.de 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Well, you can be against fossil wars AND against the exploitation of billions of sentient beings as well. I'm pretty sure most vegans are.
And while you can not stop the US army from murdering children in the middle East, you CAN actually stop paying for slaves to murder our fellow earthlings in an instant. And you'd immediately save two-thirds of land, water, and CO2 emissions by doing so.

[–] 3volver@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

You know what could also limit global heating? If the fucking wealthy stopped flying in their private jets and stopped cruising in their yachts and stopped buying their 3rd house. Focus on the solutions. Subsidize green energy, tax the oil companies, ban private jets, etc. You know, things that would have an actual impact.

[–] BorgDrone@lemmy.one 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The only thing that will really fix the issue is if we stop breeding like rabbits. It doesn’t matter if we reduce the ecological footprint of individuals if we keep growing the population.

[–] Teppichbrand@feddit.de 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You're wrong! Population growth is not an issue, it's our western lifestyle, like eating meat and flying in airplanes. Our planet can easily feed 10 billion people healthy food. But not if we don't quit meat.

[–] BorgDrone@lemmy.one 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

We could also reduce our population and keep eating meet and doing other things that make life enjoyable. Besides, who wants to live on a planet that crowded?

[–] Teppichbrand@feddit.de 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

How would one reduce earths population?

[–] BorgDrone@lemmy.one 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You know how people have unprotected sex? Stop doing that so much.

[–] Teppichbrand@feddit.de 0 points 5 months ago

Look at the link I posted. It's simply not true anymore. We will hit 10 billion, but because of things that already happened. Overpopulation is not the issue anymore. Our lifestyle is.

[–] bfg9k@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yep, sick of being told I'm the problem and should change my way of living when a single private flight dumps more CO2 into the air than my car puts out in half a year, not to mention the fuel usage.

[–] Teppichbrand@feddit.de 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

A person in their private jet is selfish and inconsiderate. They believe they are entitled to it and thereby destroy our livelihoods. They should not fly privately just because they can. They should voluntarily stop, and if they don't, it must be prohibited.

A person who still eats meat is selfish and inconsiderate. They believe they are entitled to it and thereby destroy our livelihoods. They shouldn't do it just because they can. They should voluntarily stop, and if they don't, it must be prohibited.

[–] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Here's an idea, maybe the affluent and ultra rich can stop their decadent luxuries before us peasants give up the few pleasures in life left to us.

[–] Teppichbrand@feddit.de 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You mean eating meat?!
Me, I just like to rape, don't take that peasure from me. Go for billionaires first!

[–] Doof@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You’re fucking annoying

[–] Teppichbrand@feddit.de 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Why?

[–] Doof@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Do you truly lack that much awareness? If I didn’t already understand your point you would be the last person to teach me anything. You’re far too aggressive and as an abuse victim myself I don’t appreciate you using rape to make your point. I’m reading discussions and suddenly your comments pop in to completely derail it.

[–] Spacenut@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It seems like you're willfully ignoring their point to attack them on tone. I think the parallel is that both comments are saying something of the form "I enjoy doing something that harms others, therefore it's justified."

Did you watch the video? I'd maybe approach with caution if not, because it deals with topics like sexual assault, but it really makes this point clear.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

They could at least try to bring their point respectfully, instead of derailing and pushing gore into peoples faces.

We don't need to tolerate their behaviour, let alone give their argument even an inkling of thought.

This kind of stuff is what gives an otherwise noble goal a bad name. It is counter-productive. I know plenty of people who would start eating more meat just to not be associated with those people.

[–] Teppichbrand@feddit.de 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

You ticked some boxes off the Vegan Bullshit Bingo there. Plus I didn't post gore (even though I could have, milk and meat production are incredibly violent and you know it).
It's a short film of three people talking, you should watch it.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

100 companies are responsible for over 70% of global warming.

But sure, blame the mother who buys ground chuck for her kids.

https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2017/jul/10/100-fossil-fuel-companies-investors-responsible-71-global-emissions-cdp-study-climate-change

[–] crazyminner@lemmy.ml 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

50% of all green house gases come from animal agriculture, so yeah...

Also torturing other animals for your taste buds is not okay.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (6 children)

I see, so doing something about it is the responsibility of consumers, not the companies who do it.

[–] Sasha@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Capitalism means companies aren't gonna do shit, but you've got a choice to not participate in a flawed system.

I'm not one to tell people what to do, but pretending that someone else doing a bad thing justifies another bad thing...

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Go ahead and refuse to participate. There's nothing wrong with that. Just don't expect it to have a significant climate impact.

[–] Teppichbrand@feddit.de 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

"I alone can't change anything" is a hastily spoken excuse to shift responsibility onto others. But you are responsible for your life and your actions.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Nothing I personally do will have an effect on climate change. If you want to argue for people to not eat meat, fine. But blaming them for the climate worsening because they eat meat is placing the blame on the wrong party and is not going to convince people. There are other and better arguments.

[–] Teppichbrand@feddit.de 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I can blame more than one party, no problem! Politics must change, the economy must change, and society as well. Since you and me are part of the population, let's please change too! Politics will follow suit if we are serious.

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[–] m13@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Or we could eat like 3 billionaires.

[–] yetAnotherUser@feddit.de 0 points 5 months ago

I don't think 3 billionaires emit in their combined lifetime as much as 100 BILLION farting chicken in a day.

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