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Halving reliance on meat and dairy could cut land-use emissions ‘by 31%’ (www.carbonbrief.org)

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So we decrease it from 13% of global to 10%? Not much of a dent in view of the 87% from fossil fuel use 🤷🏽‍♂️ but let's not mention that

"Globally, the largest share of humanity's CO2 emissions stems from burning fossil fuels, which made up about 87% of CO2 emissions over the past 20 years. Land-use emissions are responsible for the remaining 13%." https://www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-how-land-use-drives-co2-emissions-around-the-world/

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Even if we could cut all fossil fuels, the animal industry would push us over the Paris goal. Changing what we eat is a option we all have but let's not mention that

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aba7357

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Seriously. If everyone on earth stopped eating meat tomorrow, we would still be just as fucked as we are now.

And do we expect the meat industry to just disappear? They have lots of land and equipment that they will try to use in other ways. Maybe they'll even decide to drill for oil on their land.