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Oggy385 t1_jb8n2l7 wrote

Reply to Global food consumption alone could add nearly 1 °C to warming by 2100. Seventy five percent of this warming is driven by foods that are high sources of methane (ruminant meat, dairy and rice). by Plant__Eater

6% on meat 4% on agriculture solis 1,5% on rice fields 60% on energy usage because people still burn fosil fuels for transportation (16%) and to produce electricity (42%) for housing (18%) and industry (24%)

Not to mention 1/3 of food goes to waste. 2/3 of electricity produced is from fosil fuels.

And yet agenda is to stop eating meat and to boycot nuclear energy.

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Normal-Flower4437 t1_jb8l9y7 wrote

Reply to comment by Playingwithmyrod in Global food consumption alone could add nearly 1 °C to warming by 2100. Seventy five percent of this warming is driven by foods that are high sources of methane (ruminant meat, dairy and rice). by Plant__Eater

When we blame energy providers (fossil fuels etc) and corporations, we are by extension also somewhat blaming people for consuming (checks notes) …hospitals, food storage and preparation, movement of goods, building of housing, etc.

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mikevago t1_jb8frtw wrote

Reply to Global food consumption alone could add nearly 1 °C to warming by 2100. Seventy five percent of this warming is driven by foods that are high sources of methane (ruminant meat, dairy and rice). by Plant__Eater

Cutting beef out of your diet is the single best thing you can do for the environment. Not only are cows a big direct contributor to climate change (largely through farting out methane at an alarming rate), the biggest driver of deforestation is grazing land (that's where most of the damage to the Amazon has come from), and cows use a disproporationate amount of fresh water, between the animals themselves, and all the grain they eat.

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