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1021.
by myshpa 3y ago
Dystopia in the making.
1022.
by myshpa 3y ago
More likely snow in the summer and failed harvests. Or a sudden shutdown of the thermohaline circulation. That could wake some people.
1023.
by myshpa 3y ago
> You have no concept of how cattle are actually raised. They are grazed on grassland. No farmer is cultivating food plots of soy beans and bringing them to the cattle. You are thinking of feedlots which cattle go to before slaughter whe
1024.
by myshpa 3y ago
> Regarding this point ... they eat the pig. I'm aware. Not necessary in 21st century (in most of the world). > proteins coming from vegetables are low quality Protein "quality" relates to the presence of essential amin
1025.
by myshpa 3y ago
Wow. > grazing animals use land that generally is not fit for farming plants ... make land productive that otherwise would not be Not every land has to be "productive". This thinking got us where we are. > In order to farm s
1026.
by myshpa 3y ago
Be the change you wish to see in the world. - somebody
1027.
by myshpa 3y ago
One of the leading reasons why we're in such deep mess are our systems of food production, esp. animal agriculture (75% of agriculture lands, uses more land than forests) & fishing. - The majority of deforestation (particularly in
1028.
US food pesticides contaminated with toxic ‘forever chemicals’(theguardian.com)
9 points by myshpa 3y ago|1 comments
1029.
by myshpa 3y ago
Millions of trees is nothing. We'd need 1000+ trees for every westerner (IIRC).
1030.
by myshpa 3y ago
Noam Chomsky, an American linguist, philosopher, and political activist, once said, "If you're in a system where you must make profit in order to survive, you are compelled to ignore negative externalities, effects on others"
1031.
by myshpa 3y ago
> The number of farmers from our community with Parkinson's is staggering There are many documentaries on youtube regarding pesticides and Parkinson's (France and Germany, IIRC). Some people claim that single spill on their han
1032.
by myshpa 3y ago
I've spent some time last week reading about this ... pretty scary. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermohaline_circulation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_meridional_overturnin... htt
1033.
by myshpa 4y ago
> leaked our nuclear codes You mean 00000000 ? https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/12/launch-code-for-...
1034.
by myshpa 4y ago
Or outdoor textiles, or toilet paper, or paper food boxes, or furniture with stain repelents, or cosmetics, or school uniforms, or breast milk, or microwave popcorn bags, or carpet cleaners, or candy wrappers, or pizza boxes, or cattle, or
1035.
by myshpa 4y ago
Record coral cover !== fully recovered From the article: "Inferring that a reef has recovered by a person being towed behind a boat to obtain a rapid visual estimate of coral cover is like flying in a helicopter and saying a bushfire-h
1036.
by myshpa 4y ago
> In 2022 it is not only fully recovered but at record breaking levels No.
1037.
by myshpa 4y ago
> claims of coral reefs being harmed by climate change have been discredited in recent years https://theconversation.com/record-coral-cover-doesnt-necess... "it’s more likely the reef is being dominated by only few
1038.
by myshpa 4y ago
Heat resistant and anaerobic ? Years? Why so long ? /s https://xkcd.com/1732/ (natural speed of changes vs. anthropocene) https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-trajectory-of-the-An... http
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Why the food system is the next frontier in climate action(yaleclimateconnections.org)
11 points by myshpa 4y ago|9 comments
1040.
by myshpa 4y ago
What's so weird about sterile rooms and stainless steel tanks? Do you think breweries (for example) are so much different? Very weird thing to hear from someone who claims to be a vegetarian. https://www.google.com/sear
1041.
by myshpa 4y ago
If the world adopted a plant-based diet we would reduce global agricultural land use from 4 to 1 billion hectares https://ourworldindata.org/land-use-diets
1042.
by myshpa 4y ago
> Tell us more about the form of farming that contains the high energy consumption shortcoming listed above ... even a comparatively small reduction in energy availability from a cloudy year can cause a noticeable impact on yields. Sorry
1043.
by myshpa 4y ago
Before the arrival of European settlers in North America, it is estimated that there were approximately 30 to 60 million bison (also known as buffalo) roaming the continent. We are currently consuming upto three times as many cows each year
1044.
by myshpa 4y ago
IMHO not true (unless you're talking about sun's energy). Just few examples: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-is-permaculture-f... https://www.permaculturenews.org/2014/07/
1045.
by myshpa 4y ago
> Those shortcomings are more relevant to intensive, wrong, unregulated and mindless practice On average 90 percent of meat and eggs raised in the U.S. come from CAFOs https://mostpolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uplo
1046.
by myshpa 4y ago
Animal agriculture has too many shortcomings. - Greenhouse gas emissions - Deforestation - Land degradation - Water pollution - Water overconsumption - Loss of biodiversity - Antibiotic resistance - Ocean dead zones - Inefficient land and r
1047.
by myshpa 4y ago
a) Betteridge's law of headlines b) privatizing profits and socializing losses - so no
1048.
by myshpa 4y ago
The meat & dairy industry is pretty desperate this days, they'll do anything to keep their profits up. Idea for the next ad: "It's not real milk if we don't separate female calves away from their mothers and don&#x27
1049.
by myshpa 4y ago
> But by all means, argue that the global consensus of scientists (both US and Soviet no less) was wrong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_consensus
1050.
by myshpa 4y ago
Robust science? You mean NY Times or Chicago Tribune?

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