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10 to 1 the person you will be helping will get you to develop software that tells everyone not to eat meat and not to have kids. There are very few serious peo
by AzzieElbab 5y ago
10 to 1 the person you will be helping will get you to develop software that tells everyone not to eat meat and not to have kids. There are very few serious people in climate science.
- andrewljohnson 5y agoGetting people not to eat heavy-carbon-usage-meat at scale might be impactful... like found a lab meat company or something. I just don't think being a vegetarian has impact... it's something you do to keep consistent with your worldview or morality, not to mitigate climate change.
- giantg2 5y agoHow can a "no impact" activity like not eating meat scale to be impactful? An individual's actions does have an impact, albeit a small one. It is measurable (CO2 savings from not eating that meat). Discouraging individuals from participating in individual efforts will prevent the group from achieving scale.
- andrewljohnson 5y agoI'm not discouraging an individual from eating meat... I'm encouraging an individual to not buy into the idea that not eating meat will achieve their stated goal.
- giantg2 5y agoIsn't the stated goal to reduce their contribution to climate change through eliminating meat related CO2 emissions? Seems like it works.
- AzzieElbab 5y agoDoesn’t sound measurable. The whole “don’t eat meat, save the environment” debate should be centred around corn fed beef to begin with
- giantg2 5y agoHow is it not measurable?