linucs@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 months agoWhat scientific discovery, which could actually happen in the next 5 years, would have the most impact in our lives in you opinion?message-squaremessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1111arrow-down13
arrow-up1108arrow-down1message-squareWhat scientific discovery, which could actually happen in the next 5 years, would have the most impact in our lives in you opinion?linucs@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 months agomessage-square67fedilink
minus-squarecygnuslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoI don’t know why you’re so obsessively in the weeds on this. Numbers do vary depending on the source, but meat farming is unequivocally an ecological disaster. Meat and dairy specifically accounts for around 14.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). https://interactive.carbonbrief.org/what-is-the-climate-impact-of-eating-meat-and-dairy/ the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has released a new, lower estimate that livestock produce 11.1% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Peer-reviewed studies have put the figure higher, at up to 19.6% of emissions. https://thebreakthrough.org/issues/food-agriculture-environment/livestock-dont-contribute-14-5-of-global-greenhouse-gas-emissions More than two-thirds of all agricultural land is devoted to growing feed for livestock, while only 8 percent is used to grow food for direct human consumption https://woods.stanford.edu/news/meats-environmental-impact Anyway I’m done, anything beyond this is simply in bad faith.
I don’t know why you’re so obsessively in the weeds on this. Numbers do vary depending on the source, but meat farming is unequivocally an ecological disaster.
Anyway I’m done, anything beyond this is simply in bad faith.