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Yeah, it reads backwards. 2.4% of total greenhouse emissions just for one kind of food item sounds huge.
by taway1237 3y ago
Yeah, it reads backwards. 2.4% of total greenhouse emissions just for one kind of food item sounds huge.
- delecti 3y agoAnd just one kind of food from a single country which is only 4.2% of the world's population. That makes beef more than 50% of our "fair share" of emissions.
- vlovich123 3y agoThe wording is vague. It’s also possible read as 2.4% of total US emissions, not worldwide. Looking up other sources, it does seem to be 2-3% of total US emissions, not worldwide.
- jncfhnb 3y agoUS beef is about 21% of all beef. A lot is exported. Fwiw
- jononomo 3y agoIsn't it incredible that if we all stopped eating beef then this would have a larger impact on global warming than if we rolled back to a preindustrial age and got rid of trains, airplanes, automobiles, and the construction industry?
- fieldcny 3y agoHow do you figure?