i think that if we ever manage to handle climate change well enough to let our civilization to continue in a recognizable way; everyone would be like india.
a lot of indian cultural diets are vegetarian based which has a minimal impact on greenhouse emissions and makes food affordable to a lot more people. in a post climate change world any surviving civilizations will have to adopt similar diets because the costs of producing meat will be too high to maintain.
Here is another study that seeks to evaluate the impact of various diets on multiple things (GHG emissions, land use, water use, biodiversity, etc.) https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-023-00795-w. You’ll see that a vegetarian diet although better stays close to that of a low-meat eater (and fish-eater) regarding GHG emissions, land use, biodiversity and eutrophication. A vegetarian diet is clearly not good enough.
The only realistic solution for our food system to become sustainable is to switch to a global plant-based diet. Furthermore, individually, the most impact you can have on climate change is by switching to a plant-based diet. Basically, I think we need to both transtition to clean energy and a plant-based diet.
I also happen to think sentient beings should not be murdered or exploited. That’s why I advocate not only for a plant-based diet but for a vegan life.
i see switching to a plant based diet as the yin to the renewable energies yang to stave off climate change as much as possible as well as perpetual efforts-for-life since they both require A LOT of change on my part and probably for a lot of others a well.
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i think that if we ever manage to handle climate change well enough to let our civilization to continue in a recognizable way; everyone would be like india.
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a lot of indian cultural diets are vegetarian based which has a minimal impact on greenhouse emissions and makes food affordable to a lot more people. in a post climate change world any surviving civilizations will have to adopt similar diets because the costs of producing meat will be too high to maintain.
This is demonstrably false,
even if you account for the land use and GHG consequences of each beef and dairy independently
Are you a vegan?
TIL
Here is another study that seeks to evaluate the impact of various diets on multiple things (GHG emissions, land use, water use, biodiversity, etc.) https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-023-00795-w. You’ll see that a vegetarian diet although better stays close to that of a low-meat eater (and fish-eater) regarding GHG emissions, land use, biodiversity and eutrophication. A vegetarian diet is clearly not good enough.
The only realistic solution for our food system to become sustainable is to switch to a global plant-based diet. Furthermore, individually, the most impact you can have on climate change is by switching to a plant-based diet. Basically, I think we need to both transtition to clean energy and a plant-based diet.
I also happen to think sentient beings should not be murdered or exploited. That’s why I advocate not only for a plant-based diet but for a vegan life.
i see switching to a plant based diet as the yin to the renewable energies yang to stave off climate change as much as possible as well as perpetual efforts-for-life since they both require A LOT of change on my part and probably for a lot of others a well.