> Drawdown.org places "Plant-rich diet" as the 4th most effective change we can make to combat climate change. This seems to be a point of confusion for a lot

> Drawdown.org places "Plant-rich diet" as the 4th most effective change we can make to combat climate change. This seems to be a point of confusion for a lot of people: the thing you want to pay attention to is not plant vs. animal, but the amount of inputs that went into providing a calorie. If you use calories per dollar as your metric, and I think this is an imperfect but quick and dirty metric, you’ll see that chicken, for instance, is an order of magnitude cheaper per calorie than most leafy green vegetables. I wrote about this in detail here: http://www.thinkfundamental.org/why-kale-is-actually-terrible-for-the-environment/ http://www.thinkfundamental.org/why-kale-is-actually-terribl.... So what you really want to eat, if your goal is reducing your environmental impact, are grains, legumes, and plant oils. But eating a lot of kale, broccoli, and spinach would negate any gains from avoiding animal sources.