▲ 1180 ▼ Richest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66%, report says (www.theguardian.com) submitted 2 years ago by RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to c/world@lemmy.world 161 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] EatATaco@lemm.ee 27 points 2 years ago (3 children) eat better organic food A slight nit-pick here, but when it comes to greenhouse gas impact, organic food may be worse. It's certainly not clearly better. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] GiveMemes@jlai.lu 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) Almost definitely worse lol. We have the option to modify the genome of the plants we eat in order to make then better in every way and still some people are like "no that's icky because science". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sixCats@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) GMO != organic as far as I know? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] GiveMemes@jlai.lu 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) In the US organic means no GMOs as well according to usda permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sixCats@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago Gotcha. That’s a shame permalink fedilink source parent [–] Carighan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Usually people assume organic is the opposite of GMOs and stuff, but it's also nonsense because they'd never drink water straight from a puddle, but want the shit on their crops to be as untreated as possible. Or well, sold to them that way, of course it's not, it's just fertilizer #2 instead of the - more efficient and hence indirectly better for the environment - fertilizer #1. permalink fedilink source parent [–] CraigeryTheKid@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah I've overheard that before too. If they would just change their words to "eat less meat" they're be right, but to only say "organic" implies standard agriculture is worse, and it is not clearly so. We should eat less meat though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Aux@lemmy.world -9 points 2 years ago We sholdn't eat less meat, meat is pretty much zero emission and closed loop food production. We should more. permalink fedilink source parent [–] vimdiesel@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago organic food definitely uses more resources per unit output than "commercial" ag. It can't supply the world's food supply unless they greatly increase their capabilities. It's either "modern methods" or we reduce the worlds population. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GiveMemes@jlai.lu 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) Almost definitely worse lol. We have the option to modify the genome of the plants we eat in order to make then better in every way and still some people are like "no that's icky because science". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sixCats@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) GMO != organic as far as I know? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] GiveMemes@jlai.lu 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) In the US organic means no GMOs as well according to usda permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sixCats@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago Gotcha. That’s a shame permalink fedilink source parent [–] Carighan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Usually people assume organic is the opposite of GMOs and stuff, but it's also nonsense because they'd never drink water straight from a puddle, but want the shit on their crops to be as untreated as possible. Or well, sold to them that way, of course it's not, it's just fertilizer #2 instead of the - more efficient and hence indirectly better for the environment - fertilizer #1. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sixCats@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) GMO != organic as far as I know? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] GiveMemes@jlai.lu 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) In the US organic means no GMOs as well according to usda permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sixCats@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago Gotcha. That’s a shame permalink fedilink source parent [–] Carighan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Usually people assume organic is the opposite of GMOs and stuff, but it's also nonsense because they'd never drink water straight from a puddle, but want the shit on their crops to be as untreated as possible. Or well, sold to them that way, of course it's not, it's just fertilizer #2 instead of the - more efficient and hence indirectly better for the environment - fertilizer #1. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GiveMemes@jlai.lu 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) In the US organic means no GMOs as well according to usda permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sixCats@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago Gotcha. That’s a shame permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sixCats@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago Gotcha. That’s a shame permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Usually people assume organic is the opposite of GMOs and stuff, but it's also nonsense because they'd never drink water straight from a puddle, but want the shit on their crops to be as untreated as possible. Or well, sold to them that way, of course it's not, it's just fertilizer #2 instead of the - more efficient and hence indirectly better for the environment - fertilizer #1. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CraigeryTheKid@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah I've overheard that before too. If they would just change their words to "eat less meat" they're be right, but to only say "organic" implies standard agriculture is worse, and it is not clearly so. We should eat less meat though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Aux@lemmy.world -9 points 2 years ago We sholdn't eat less meat, meat is pretty much zero emission and closed loop food production. We should more. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Aux@lemmy.world -9 points 2 years ago We sholdn't eat less meat, meat is pretty much zero emission and closed loop food production. We should more. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vimdiesel@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago organic food definitely uses more resources per unit output than "commercial" ag. It can't supply the world's food supply unless they greatly increase their capabilities. It's either "modern methods" or we reduce the worlds population. permalink fedilink source parent