On: G7 nations committing billions more to fossil fuel than green energy

[JohnWhigham]

Eating less meat won't do anything, it's a fruitless endeavor that only makes vegetarians/vegans feel morally superior. Everyone in the US could stop eating meat, and it would only reduce emissions by a couple percentage points.

Focus on reducing fossil fuel usage.

[ClumsyPilot → JohnWhigham]

I dont know why you have an axe to grind with vegans, but eating meat causes massive amount of carbon, this is well researched

http://shrinkthatfootprint.com/food-carbon-footprint-diet

[JohnWhigham → ClumsyPilot]

YT channel What I've Learned goes in-depth into inflated carbon footprints like these and can explain it more concise than I can. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGG-A80Tl5g

[bhelkey → JohnWhigham]

The author summarizes their video's main points:

>(1) The proposed effects on GHG emissions if people went meatless are overblown.

>(2) The claims about livestock’s water usage are misleading.

>(3) The claims about livestock’s usage of human edible feed are overblown.

>(4) The claims about livestock’s land use are misleading.

>(5) We should be fixing food waste, not trying to cut meat out of the equation.

www.patreon.com/posts/51285771

[JohnWhigham → bhelkey]

Holy shit, I had no idea he went to this level of detail to refute criticisms on his video. My respect grows for him every day.

[dieortin → JohnWhigham]

That’s not true. I’m no vegetarian, but meat production is extremely inefficient and polluting.

It’s not about anyone feeling superior.

[colinmhayes → JohnWhigham]

Nope. Meat farming is a huge source of greenhouse gases, especially methane from cows.

[JohnWhigham → colinmhayes]

Methane from cows is a fraction of total methane emissions, and that itself is a fraction of greenhouse gas emissions. Let's instead focus on total food wastage. If we quantified food waste as a country, it'd be the 3rd largest country. That's mindbogglingly ridiculous.

http://www.fao.org/3/bb144e/bb144e.pdf