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I have gone flexitarian for this reason. As someone concerned with global warming, I found it troubling to eat meet regularly. Couple that with industrial agr

I have gone flexitarian for this reason. As someone concerned with global warming, I found it troubling to eat meet regularly. Couple that with industrial agriculture and that did it for me. If its at someones place I won't make a big deal, but I basically won't buy meat unless its particularly hard to get around. Even then its pretty much only fish and chicken...

finnh 12y ago
I've always found this fish-is-holier-than-red-meat take a bit confusing. Overfishing is a huge problem worldwide. Eating responsibly farmed beef, while expensive, seems less impactful than eating many (most?) types of commonly consumed fish.
- dmritard96 12y ago
  http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/01/07/why-the-governments-new-dietary-guidelines-could-be-a-nightmare-for-the-meat-industry/?tid=pm_business_pop http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/01/07/w... Responsibly farmed usually refers to ethical treatment and has nothing to do with CO2. That being said, I am totally in agreement that eating fish has pretty substantial problems. The thing is that fish more wholistically face problems resulting from global warming including coral bleaching and ocean acidification to name a few. Overfishing and harvesting of marine life in nonsustainable ways is just that, but if you are selective about the species and the source it makes a big difference.
- dbdr 12y ago
  Indeed there are many different kinds of impacts to consider. For instance if you look at CO2 emission per kilo of food, beef emits apparently more than two times more than farmed salmon and more than four times more than canned tuna (source: http://static.ewg.org/reports/2011/meateaters/pdf/methodology_ewg_meat_eaters_guide_to_health_and_climate_2011.pdf http://static.ewg.org/reports/2011/meateaters/pdf/methodolog...).

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I have gone flexitarian for this reason. As someone concerned with global warming, I found it troubling to eat meet regularly. Couple that with industrial agr

by dmritard96 12y ago

finnh 12y ago
I've always found this fish-is-holier-than-red-meat take a bit confusing. Overfishing is a huge problem worldwide. Eating responsibly farmed beef, while expensive, seems less impactful than eating many (most?) types of commonly consumed fish.
- dmritard96 12y ago
  http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/01/07/why-the-governments-new-dietary-guidelines-could-be-a-nightmare-for-the-meat-industry/?tid=pm_business_pop http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/01/07/w... Responsibly farmed usually refers to ethical treatment and has nothing to do with CO2. That being said, I am totally in agreement that eating fish has pretty substantial problems. The thing is that fish more wholistically face problems resulting from global warming including coral bleaching and ocean acidification to name a few. Overfishing and harvesting of marine life in nonsustainable ways is just that, but if you are selective about the species and the source it makes a big difference.
- dbdr 12y ago
  Indeed there are many different kinds of impacts to consider. For instance if you look at CO2 emission per kilo of food, beef emits apparently more than two times more than farmed salmon and more than four times more than canned tuna (source: http://static.ewg.org/reports/2011/meateaters/pdf/methodology_ewg_meat_eaters_guide_to_health_and_climate_2011.pdf http://static.ewg.org/reports/2011/meateaters/pdf/methodolog...).