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While I agree with you about the complexity of the issue, it doesn't seem fair to compare local meat to imported plants. What about local meat vs local plants?
by kmmlng 8y ago
While I agree with you about the complexity of the issue, it doesn't seem fair to compare local meat to imported plants. What about local meat vs local plants? Local plants vs imported meat? Imported meat vs imported plants? By cherry-picking a single one of these combinations, you can make either side look favorable.
- herbst 8y agoThat is true. However to have a healthy diet as vegan you very likely pick a lot of imported food (at least here in Europe, even more in winters). Not saying this is true for anyone, but for basically all vegans I know it is. My general Point is that the 'historical' local diet may still is the most favorable due to its locality.
- ffsc 8y agoI haven't looked at each case specifically. But I'm willing to bet that meat would lose to plants in calories/carbon in every case. Transportation does add carbon but it is often overestimated.
- esrauch 8y agoLocal plants vs imported plants is counter-intuitively not always straightforward. Inefficient farming in worse climates can sometimes use more fuel than farming it elsewhere and shipping it, transport only accounts for a small portion of greenhouse gas emissions in the production of the food. http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/09/04/how-green-is-local-food/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/09/04/how-green-is-local-f... http://freakonomics.com/2011/11/14/the-inefficiency-of-local-food/ http://freakonomics.com/2011/11/14/the-inefficiency-of-local...