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Vegan diet massively cuts environmental damage, study shows (www.theguardian.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I heard cruise ships and freighters are the biggest offenders. Nearly 40-50% of emissions.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Throwing freighters in there like that is a bit sneaky lol The amount of freighter traffic must dwarf that of cruise ships. Anyway, people on cruise ships are mostly not particularly rich. They're pretty much just water-borne holiday camps.