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After reading this comment I wonder how much making Ozempic free for all would affect global CO2 emissions.

• ben_w 2y ago
  My guess would be 3%: 1) I have no reason to think the carbon intensity per calorie would change 2) it doesn't take much overeating per day to build up, so I'd assume semaglutide based weight reduction reduces calorie intake by about 25% per day unless someone gives me a study (can't find myself as search results biased to news not science) and 3) all agriculture combined is about 12% of emissions multiply together and that would be about 3% of global emissions, which is a start, but not sufficient — we need to target 99.9% for long term sustainability