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Comment on YSK that apart from not having a car, the single greatest thing you can do for the climate is simply eating less red meat

partial_accumen@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

The most important takeaway for the target group:

“If you’re trying to reduce your carbon footprint, eat less beef,” Rose advises. “You don’t have to give it up entirely, but cutting back or making substitutions can make a significant impact.”

Any fewer beef meals you have helps. We’re also just talking beef here. If you choose pork, chicken, fish, or even game meat over beef you’re helping the climate.

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commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Any fewer beef meals you have helps.

i don’t think that’s true, if meat production continues to grow.

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- partial_accumen@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  i don’t think that’s true, if meat production continues to grow.
  
  If people are eating fewer beef meals, where is the beef production growth coming from in your theoretical?
  
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  - commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    it’s not theoretical. plenty of people (claim to) have cut back on beef, but production continues to rise.
    
    ourworldindata.org/…/meat-production-tonnes?tab=c…
    
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    partial_accumen@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    it’s not theoretical. plenty of people (claim to) have cut back on beef, but production continues to rise.
    
    Then you skipped the entire first half of my statement where I said “If people are eating fewer beef meals,” So sure, if you ignore half of what I said then you can say I am wrong. At that point what are we even talking about?
    
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    Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Then people haven’t cut back. The production has to go somewhere, they aren’t making money shoveling it off a cliff.
    
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Carighan@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
It’s also important to consider that not only isn’t this about quitting entirely, it’s also specifically about beef (or other comparable meat). White meats in particular are still not good for the environment, but already like an order of magnitude better.

It’s just that beef in particular - also a type of meat that is frankly not even that good if I’m being honest, we’re all just used to considering it the best 🤷 - is absolutely horrible for the environment.

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