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Less meat is nearly always better than sustainable meat, to reduce your carbon footprint (ourworldindata.org)
submitted 1 year ago by Rokil to c/[email protected]
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From https://sh.itjust.works/post/1278677

plant-based foods emit fewer greenhouse gases than meat and dairy, regardless of how they are produced.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People exercising doesn't create a comparable amount of pollution as any petromeum based vehicle.

Honestly your point makes it sound like people should not exercise. Is that really your hot take?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

To be specific, exercise for health reasons increases CO2 levels for no reason other than to extend your life and, very possibly, to increase your muscle mass which increases your resting metabolic rate - you literally are generating CO2 with the effect of increasing your CO2 generation rate and the total duration you'll be producing CO2.

In a way, this hits exactly in my rant about where we worry about CO2 production: Getting out and getting in shape, or walking and biking places for fun is a negative but, like enjoying a reasonably-sized portion of animal protein in our diet, this is not the primary driver in causing Global Climate Change and there's a shit-ton of low hanging fruit (animal meat?) to be had but the people who make policy are the biggest offenders. We're literally banding together in the hundred of thousands to forego a chicken breast or hamburger so some celebrity can wipe out the entire savings by flying between their home and the harbor where their yacht is docked.