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How many miles does the burger drive my car? Not to question your numbers but they lack context. Also, it would be good for nature if there were fewer or no hum

How many miles does the burger drive my car? Not to question your numbers but they lack context. Also, it would be good for nature if there were fewer or no humans on this planet. But then there would be no human here to enjoy nature.

alpineman 2mo ago
Sorry but this is just such an ignorant comment. You really need to read up on how agriculture contributes to global warming and loss of land/deforestation. What do you think cows eat, air?
- puchatek 2mo ago
  If only they ate the thing that is the intuitive answer to your question! It would be bad enough with all the burping and farting but at least we would not destroy the rain forest so we could produce more soy for fodder
recursive 2mo ago
Burgers don't drive cars. People drive cars, and people eat burgers. Is that the context you were looking for? We've identified two ways to reduce carbon production. 1) reduce production per human. 2) reduce humans. Only the first one is being argued for here. Conflating it with the second is just a confusion.
- threatripper 2mo ago
  The real crank you need to look at is where we dig the resources out of the ground. All of that will eventually end up in the atmosphere. Plug that hole. Stop digging and drilling. The invisible hand of the free market will take care of the rest. If red beef consumes too many resources then it will be too expensive to consume. Simple as that. Unfortunately fossil fuels make a lot of money and people are hungry for more, so we can't do anything about it really. We can only shift blame and distract to pretend we care.
lopis 2mo ago
Nihilistic bullshit isn't the hot take you think it is. The problem isn't too many people. The planet couldn't handle billions more if we used resources correctly. Is your idea of "humans enjoying nature" extreme deforestation and water scarcety?

alpineman 2mo ago

Sorry but this is just such an ignorant comment. You really need to read up on how agriculture contributes to global warming and loss of land/deforestation. What do you think cows eat, air?

puchatek 2mo ago
If only they ate the thing that is the intuitive answer to your question! It would be bad enough with all the burping and farting but at least we would not destroy the rain forest so we could produce more soy for fodder

recursive 2mo ago

Burgers don't drive cars. People drive cars, and people eat burgers. Is that the context you were looking for? We've identified two ways to reduce carbon production. 1) reduce production per human. 2) reduce humans. Only the first one is being argued for here. Conflating it with the second is just a confusion.

threatripper 2mo ago
The real crank you need to look at is where we dig the resources out of the ground. All of that will eventually end up in the atmosphere. Plug that hole. Stop digging and drilling. The invisible hand of the free market will take care of the rest. If red beef consumes too many resources then it will be too expensive to consume. Simple as that. Unfortunately fossil fuels make a lot of money and people are hungry for more, so we can't do anything about it really. We can only shift blame and distract to pretend we care.

lopis 2mo ago

Nihilistic bullshit isn't the hot take you think it is. The problem isn't too many people. The planet couldn't handle billions more if we used resources correctly. Is your idea of "humans enjoying nature" extreme deforestation and water scarcety?