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I was responding to the above poster strictly on the idea that the majority of emissions is caused by 100 companies. That's strictly not true and equally irrel
by enkid 5y ago
I was responding to the above poster strictly on the idea that the majority of emissions is caused by 100 companies. That's strictly not true and equally irrelevant to the article.
But, to directly respond to your argument. Yes, eating less meat helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions.[0] Until you can find a reliable source that says that it doesn't, we can stop talking about your baseless speculation that it doesn't.
To your other argument that it's useless to go vegetarian or vegan because it's not the primary source of emissions, that's just an excuse not to do anything. If you want to look at any of the causes of emissions in isolation they all look like the minority and your argument works equally well. "We shouldn't focus on solar because power production is only 25% of emissions." "We shouldn't look at industrial emissions because they are smaller than electric and agriculture." "We shouldn't look at concrete because it's really only a small percentage." "We shouldn't look at vehicular emissions because they are dwarfed by electric emissions." If we can't act on any problem because it's a small subset of the issue, then we can't look at any of the sources of emissions.
[0] https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/17/9926/htm#:~:text=The%2019%20studies%20that%20looked,relative%20to%20comparable%20omnivore%20scenarios https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/17/9926/htm#:~:text=The%20....
- cheese_goddess 5y ago> Yes, eating less meat helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions.[0] Until you can find a reliable source that says that it doesn't, we can stop talking about your baseless speculation that it doesn't. Can you show me where in my comment I made this baseless speculation?
- enkid 5y agoHere you go: > The conclusion to draw is that even if everyone on the planet went vegan, but we continued to burn fossil fuels the same as before, we would still not have done anything to stop climate change Strictly speaking, eating less meat does something for climate change because it lowers greenhouse gas emissions. It can't be the only thing we do, but it does do something.
- cheese_goddess 5y agoSo that bit of my comment you quote is not where I made the baseless speculation that reducing meat doesn't help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It's where you thought I made that baseless speculation. Because I said that everyone going vegan would not do anything to stop climate change not that it doesn't help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Correct?
- enkid 5y agoStopping emissions stops climate change. If you aren't willing to admit that, why are you even talking about climate change.
- cheese_goddess 5y agoReducing the amount of meat we eat does not "stop emissions". It reduces emissions- but not enough to stop climate change. Climate change can only be stopped (stopped from getting worse, that is) by eliminating or drastically reducing the amount of fossil fuels we burn. That is because 3/4s of greenhouse gas emissions come from burning fossil fuels and only a much smaller amount comes from raising animals for meat, and then not even all animals that we reais for meat are significant contributors to greenhouse gas emissions, only ruminants are. I find it shocking that, in order to promote the animal rights agenda, the indisputable fact that anthropogenic climate change is caused by burning fossil fuels is sidelined and the weight is placed on meat production. That is dangerous propaganda and if you care about the climate you should not promote it.