this post was submitted on 04 May 2024
116 points (92.0% liked)

Green - An environmentalist community

5333 readers
1 users here now

This is the place to discuss environmentalism, preservation, direct action and anything related to it!


RULES:

1- Remember the human

2- Link posts should come from a reputable source

3- All opinions are allowed but discussion must be in good faith


Related communities:


Unofficial Chat rooms:

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
top 22 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 months ago (1 children)

But I like feeling like a real manly man when I eat my real manly meat in a real manly way with my real manly bros, surely that's worth a few hundreds thousands human lives a year ?

(And btw, plant-based diets could also save 100 million animal lives a year)

[–] [email protected] -5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I think it you want to see the environmental benefits, is less of saving animal lives and more ensuring that 100 million animals a year never exist?

Edit: Not sure what is controversial about this. We stop eating meat to stop farming of livestock. No livestock lives are saved, just new animals aren't born into the mincer.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Preach! The whole foods plant based diet is the healthiest.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

200,000 extra people alive? I'm sure they'll be happy but that's going to do a lot of environmental damage from meeting their needs and other activity

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If that 200k includes you, do you mind not being saved so that you won't be the cause to environmental damage?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Everybody wants to go to the party. nobody wants to stay and clean up.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Yes but we'll tell all 200,000 to go vegan or else we'll go back to killin em.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Make plants free to eat then.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

It's not possible to make them free. Do you think plants grow on trees? Don't be ridiculous

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

At least subsidise it, like my govrrnment does (Germany)