• eldaviEnglish
    3·
    6 days ago

    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.

      • eldaviEnglish
        3·
        6 days ago

        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.

            • qcop [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
              1·
              2 days ago

              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.

              • eldaviEnglish
                1·
                2 days ago

                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.