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> This is an issue being pushed with the intention of distracting from the real issue: fossil fuel use. This part is still horribly true though. Emmisions rel
by DoingIsLearning 4y ago
> This is an issue being pushed with the intention of distracting from the real issue: fossil fuel use.
This part is still horribly true though.
Emmisions related to livestock are 5.8% of _all_ global CO2 and other GHG emissions [0]
In comparison Transport emissions are 16.2%. [0]
The steel industry as a single industry accounts for 7.2% of emissions.[0]
Methane leaks from Oil and gas drill sites and abandoned wells alone account for 5.8% of global emissions. [0]
Sure we need to look into all fronts but before we guilt people into oat milk shouldn't we, via policy, enforce leak cleanup of abandoned Oil&Gas drill sites?
[0] https://ourworldindata.org/uploads/2020/09/Emissions-by-sector-%E2%80%93-pie-charts.png https://ourworldindata.org/uploads/2020/09/Emissions-by-sect...
- Volundr 4y agoDo we have to do these things in a specific order? Can't we do them in parallel? I suspect you'll find the cross section of people who want to reduce agricultural CO2 emissions and those who want to clean up gas and oil leaks to be quite large.
- DoingIsLearning 4y agoThis is always the counter argument but I never see any mediatic outrage towards Oil&Gas except for the odd Oil spill and the periodic outrage at fuel prices on every crude price rise. Policy measures forcing Oil&Gas to clean-up or to internalize the environmental costs of emissions are _never_ part of public debate and to me that is worrying.