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Curious if you’d give up your tea for ecological reasons? (Making some assumptions from your username ;) https://oxfordre.com/environmentalscience/view/10.109

• NeedMoreTea 7y ago
  On the basis of a very fast skim and the conclusion, their grounds appear to apply to 99% of agriculture. I'd have to give up eating. "However, the tea industry has a high impact on the environment. While being monoculture, it is hub a particular type of fauna, it is ecologically friendly, that is, not harmful to the environment, absorbs greenhouse gases, and supports tea-tourism. However, it also raises certain concerns, including the huge use of pesticides and irrational use of chemical fertilizers." No idea how it compares to coffee, coke, canned water or anything really, but the conclusion implies it may be one of the least-worst options. If it turns out tea was worse than other beverage options, yes I would. We've already made significant changes, and expect to make more - from choice and mandated before my time here is done. :)
• lenticular 7y ago
  Giving up tea presumably would mean giving up something the poster presumably finds pleasurable. Drinking tap water instead of bottled has no such trade off. There's a big difference between asking people to live like monks and asking them to not consume things that give them little to no value.