Swapping out red meat and creamy pasta sauce could significantly cut household emissions, Australian research finds

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• dan@upvote.au ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Building houses that are properly insulated would help far more since people would have to use heating and cooling much less often, yet that doesn’t seem to be a thing that builders are actually doing. I’m living in California in a house built in the 1960s and it’s better insulated than an Aussie house built in the 2010s.

  In any case, updating food packaging to include an environmental score isn’t a bad idea. Hopefully it’d work out better than the health score, which is still entirely voluntary and doesn’t always make sense.

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  • MisterFrog@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Next thing you’re gonna be telling us is to bring back public servant building surveyors as the only building surveyors, to stop the conflict of interest that the builder paying the inspector directly causes.

    Bloody madness, clearly the private market is more efficient /s

    Our housing regs are a joke since they’re not even well supervised

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Agreed, I’ve said this a lot. The builds are wasteful in that way

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  • porcelainpitcher@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Lol fat bad, sugar actually not too bad 🤣 heart foundation ☑️ and health scores are usually total rubbish

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• pHr34kY@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  So, the manufacturers can pollute as much as they want and push the guilt on us?

  This is a regulatory problem on the supplier side, not a consumer problem.

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    came here to write the exact same thing

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• NOT_RICK_SANCHEZ@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Yes, we all need to collectively eat less red meat to reduce emissions enough so Felon musk can eat lunch in Paris 3 times a week

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  • dwazou@jlai.lu ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Actually, we need to tax private jets and eat a bit less red meat.

    It’s not one or the other.

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    • dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Eating less meat et al is something we can personally do. The very wealthy have massive carbon footprints, mainly due to their ability to consume resources. It’s like I still pick up my dog’s shit at the park even though not everyone does. Giving up because not everyone is trying to care for the environment is definitely not the solution.

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  • ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Collective action on a wide scale far outpaces what Elon could do, and it’s not as though he would increase his personal consumption to counteract what thousands of others do.

    We need to keep in mind the overall picture, and not let other people continuing harmful practices to stop us from trying to reduce ours. Otherwise nothing would ever get better.

    “I’m not going to drive less or use a bicycle because the rich use jets.”

    “I’m not going to install balcony solar because the rich waste energy with factories and mansions.”

    “I’m not going to consume less because the rich consume more than me.”

    These mindsets stifle positive change that can genuinely make a difference, especially when we are so short on time.

    Also, there are now extremely good plant based red meat alternatives like qlQuorn, Impossible, or on a budget, Seitan. All of which that allow us to continue to use our meat based favorite recipes without contributing to climate change (and lower bowel cancer risks :D), letting us give elon the finger without sacrificing anything.

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    • BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Just putting an opinion out there, I don’t know how widely liked it is. Quorn was not a good alternative (I say this purely based on personal taste).

      Started eating it in 2010, but haven’t touched it since 2019 with all the other alternatives that you can easily get now.

      Coles branded seitan was really our favourite but they discontinued it.

      Anyway, the amount of stuff I always had to add to Quorn to make it taste alright… what a time.

      But yeah, I’m a meat eating guy and my partner is vegetarian, but for a while now I’ve been mixing it up with fake meats to try and eat less red meat.

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  • somedev@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I just remember the huge reduction in global emissions/pollution when international flights were grounded.

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yes. It sucks that the onus is further being put on individuals. While companies and luxuries that consume energy or pollute on a massive scale don’t seem to face the same restrictions

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• b161@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  What is this bullshit? Eat the rich and we can have a future.

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• Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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• trouble@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  But that’s all I eat

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