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[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 year ago (83 children)

OK, but what if instead of going vegan, I just don't have kids. Because adding more people to the world also creates more greenhouse gasses.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The problem is not the amount of people but how much each individual consumes. Getting meat out of your diet is a simple and a small sacrifice. Besides the health benefits there is also the fact that you don't contribute to the culling of 70 billion animals per year (of which 40% is probably not eaten and thrown in the trash). Not only that but you don't contribute to the greatest cause of deforestation, antibiotics resistance, decline of biodiversity, water waste, ...

Besides the global population is steadily stagnating (Africa is still booming) as a lot of countries see population decline (less than 2 children per woman).

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

You don't even need to cut it out entirely. Just not eat such a ridiculous amount of meat.

Stuff like this isn't helping. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH9VLihKm2g

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

Couldn't we just stop food waste? Most food is discarded before even making it to the store. Seems to me being more efficient with how we distribute food is more realistic that trying to convince everyone to go vegan.

Because I'm not going to stop eating meat and the amount of ppl like me is larger than you think

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Many people will also not reduce food waste, for exactly same reasons you won't stop eating meat. Convenience, habit, cost, time investment.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Both are true: reducing waste and adopting a plant based diet are great ways of reducing your footprint.

The number of vegetarians/vegans is growing quickly. I'm not convincing you of going vegan. You are convincing yourself to keep on eating meat despite the scientific facts and moral consequences.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Right there with ya

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

How bout both? :)

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

While that reduces greenhouse gasses, it's not sustainable.

God forbit we actually end up in something.

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