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> A better one, like you mention, is rice - again a crop with substantially worse carbon impact than chicken. Do you have a source for that? The data at [0] in
by tfehring 7y ago
> A better one, like you mention, is rice - again a crop with substantially worse carbon impact than chicken.
Do you have a source for that? The data at [0] indicates that chicken is about 50% worse than rice in terms of CO2e per Calorie. In fact, chicken is worse than every vegan food listed there except for broccoli, which has very few Calories to begin with.
[0] https://sustainability.stackexchange.com/questions/5883/why-does-cheese-have-such-a-high-carbon-footprint/5937#5937 https://sustainability.stackexchange.com/questions/5883/why-...
- passiveincomelg 7y agoAFAIK, the problem with rice is methane not CO2.
- tfehring 7y agoThat’s accurate. But the data cited in the page I linked is based on CO2 equivalent, which accounts for the higher global warming potential of other gases, including methane. I suspect that the high global warming potential of methane is the main reason that rice is more impactful than the other non-animal-based foods.