capital comments on Eating Meat Is Bad for Climate Change, and Here Are All the Studies That Prove It

[–] capital@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

It’s not just about GHGs. It’s also habitat destruction, loss of biodiversity, manure runoff infecting nearby veggies, all the extra land dedicated to growing crops just for animal ag.

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[–] abraxas@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

And there's answers to all the "it's about..."'s. Of the ones you listed, only the first two would even need answering since the last two are largely fabricated issues.

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[–] capital@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

Last one is directly connected to the first two lol

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[–] abraxas@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago*

"lol".

Nobody is growing crops "for livestock". 86% of what they eat are inedible waste, and the other 14% are things they are being grown anyway. The most common two feed crops, corn and soy, are being grown for a different part of the crop to be used for industrial purposes. Yes, they feed a little edible corn to cows shortly before slaughter to maximize the return and quality of meat. Nobody is waiting in line for that corn because it's terrible and non-nutiritious calories for humans. If you suddenly passed a law that forced us to euthenize all the cows and threatened us with prison time if we ate meat, those same crops would be grown only to be destroyed in ways that are just as bad (or worse) for the environment as feeding to animals

Thank you for invalidating the first two arguments by tying them to a propagandist's fantasy. Nobody will ever change a zealous vegan's view, but anyone else that reads this will realize all the coercion to quit meat has nothing to do with valid environmental concerns.

Thank you for winning my argument for me.

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