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I simply cannot believe that food is affecting environment more than factories, vehicles and rubbish.
by ultim8k 7y ago
I simply cannot believe that food is affecting environment more than factories, vehicles and rubbish.
- mklarmann 7y agoWell, that is why it so important that we have the IPCC, and now this special report. Food causes 25-30% of human made GHG emissions. Large part for deforestation, Methan emissions of ruminants and animal feed. Without including the transportation, packaging, etc. in the calculation it is still 23%. As you can read in chapter 5 of the report.
- bashy 7y agoIt's amazing right? Animals don't need to be moved. Animals don't make rubbish. Animals don't need things built for them in factories. No need to worry! I'm vegan btw.
- _carl_jung 7y agoThe food supply chain involves all three of those.
- anonymou2 7y agoIt is not so hard to believe if you look at a graph like this one: https://www.resilience.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Biomass-humans-livestock-wild-animals-e1527774939549.png https://www.resilience.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Biomas...
- sanxiyn 7y agoThe article states food is responsible for a quarter. No one is claiming it is more than half. It is important to be quantitative.