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Eating less meat won't do anything, it's a fruitless endeavor that only makes vegetarians/vegans feel morally superior. Everyone in the US could stop eating mea

Eating less meat won't do anything, it's a fruitless endeavor that only makes vegetarians/vegans feel morally superior. Everyone in the US could stop eating meat, and it would only reduce emissions by a couple percentage points. Focus on reducing fossil fuel usage.

ClumsyPilot 5y ago
I dont know why you have an axe to grind with vegans, but eating meat causes massive amount of carbon, this is well researched http://shrinkthatfootprint.com/food-carbon-footprint-diet http://shrinkthatfootprint.com/food-carbon-footprint-diet
- JohnWhigham 5y ago
  YT channel What I've Learned goes in-depth into inflated carbon footprints like these and can explain it more concise than I can. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGG-A80Tl5g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGG-A80Tl5g
  - bhelkey 5y ago
    The author summarizes their video's main points: >(1) The proposed effects on GHG emissions if people went meatless are overblown. >(2) The claims about livestock’s water usage are misleading. >(3) The claims about livestock’s usage of human edible feed are overblown. >(4) The claims about livestock’s land use are misleading. >(5) We should be fixing food waste, not trying to cut meat out of the equation. www.patreon.com/posts/51285771
    - JohnWhigham 5y ago
      Holy shit, I had no idea he went to this level of detail to refute criticisms on his video. My respect grows for him every day.
dieortin 5y ago
That’s not true. I’m no vegetarian, but meat production is extremely inefficient and polluting. It’s not about anyone feeling superior.
colinmhayes 5y ago
Nope. Meat farming is a huge source of greenhouse gases, especially methane from cows.
- JohnWhigham 5y ago
  Methane from cows is a fraction of total methane emissions, and that itself is a fraction of greenhouse gas emissions. Let's instead focus on total food wastage. If we quantified food waste as a country, it'd be the 3rd largest country. That's mindbogglingly ridiculous. http://www.fao.org/3/bb144e/bb144e.pdf http://www.fao.org/3/bb144e/bb144e.pdf

ClumsyPilot 5y ago

I dont know why you have an axe to grind with vegans, but eating meat causes massive amount of carbon, this is well researched http://shrinkthatfootprint.com/food-carbon-footprint-diet http://shrinkthatfootprint.com/food-carbon-footprint-diet

JohnWhigham 5y ago
YT channel What I've Learned goes in-depth into inflated carbon footprints like these and can explain it more concise than I can. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGG-A80Tl5g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGG-A80Tl5g
- bhelkey 5y ago
  The author summarizes their video's main points: >(1) The proposed effects on GHG emissions if people went meatless are overblown. >(2) The claims about livestock’s water usage are misleading. >(3) The claims about livestock’s usage of human edible feed are overblown. >(4) The claims about livestock’s land use are misleading. >(5) We should be fixing food waste, not trying to cut meat out of the equation. www.patreon.com/posts/51285771
  - JohnWhigham 5y ago
    Holy shit, I had no idea he went to this level of detail to refute criticisms on his video. My respect grows for him every day.

dieortin 5y ago

That’s not true. I’m no vegetarian, but meat production is extremely inefficient and polluting. It’s not about anyone feeling superior.

colinmhayes 5y ago

Nope. Meat farming is a huge source of greenhouse gases, especially methane from cows.

JohnWhigham 5y ago
Methane from cows is a fraction of total methane emissions, and that itself is a fraction of greenhouse gas emissions. Let's instead focus on total food wastage. If we quantified food waste as a country, it'd be the 3rd largest country. That's mindbogglingly ridiculous. http://www.fao.org/3/bb144e/bb144e.pdf http://www.fao.org/3/bb144e/bb144e.pdf