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To make a big difference you need to be social and political. Going vegetarian makes a tiny difference. Tirelessly badgering everyone you know until 10 of the
by mac01021 7y ago
To make a big difference you need to be social and political.
Going vegetarian makes a tiny difference. Tirelessly badgering everyone you know until 10 of them go vegetarian makes a difference 10 times as big.
Convincing 10 or 50 people to call their senators/reps about putting a price on carbon could have an impact an order of magnitude larger.
Lawmakers listen to their constituents when there is sufficient unity of thought among the constituency. And it has to be regular people that cultivate that unity of thought, through constant discussion of the problems and solutions with everyone they know.
...Now I just need to start to practice what I'm preaching...
- hkyeti 7y agoIf everyone keeps eating steak and pork at the levels we do, then all the political effort won't be able to make up for it. At the end of the day, our individual actions need to happen or we won't be able to change the trajectory. Globally, meat consumption contributes more than transportation to climate change.
- mac01021 7y agoThat's true. Political effort is to implement policy that will disincentivize meat eating, among other things. Social effort is to persuade people to stop eating meat, among other things.
- petre 7y ago> Tirelessly badgering everyone you know until 10 of them go vegetarian Aka "How to get the cold shoulder" and make all your acquaintances avoid you.