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>> it lacks a good comparison towards the older common problems like car emissions. "agriculture <...> accounted for about 10 to 12 percent of global anthropog
by dandelion_lover 10y ago
>> it lacks a good comparison towards the older common problems like car emissions.
"agriculture <...> accounted for about 10 to 12 percent of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions <...> in 2005[36] and in 2010."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_meat_production https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_meat_p...
Livestock production may have a bigger impact on the planet than anything else.
http://science.time.com/2013/12/16/the-triple-whopper-environmental-impact-of-global-meat-production/ http://science.time.com/2013/12/16/the-triple-whopper-enviro...
- belorn 10y agoThis is why I mentioned a cost table. Pick a level for which people should reach and then let them chose which sacrifices they want in order to reach that. It doesn't help the environment if someone drives 5 extra minutes to reach a vegan lunch restaurant and then 5 min back. We can look at the global scale and say that livestock production may have bigger impact, but it doesn't change the local impact that each person do to the environment here and now. We should look at what each person can do, and that include counting all actions and sorting them from biggest impact to least.