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Red meat has a huge carbon footprint because cattle requires a large amount of land and water.

https://sph.tulane.edu/climate-and-food-environmental-impact-beef-consumption

Demand for steaks and burgers is the primary driver of Deforestation:

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-beef-industry-fueling-amazon-rainforest-destruction-deforestation/

https://e360.yale.edu/features/marcel-gomes-interview

https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2023-06-02/almost-a-billion-trees-felled-to-feed-appetite-for-brazilian-beef

If you don't have a car and rarely eat red meat, you are doing GREAT 🙌🙌 🙌

Sure, you can drink tap water instead of plastic water. You can switch to Tea. You can travel by train. You can use Linux instead of Windows AI's crap. Those are great ideas. But, don't drive yourself crazy. If you are only an ordinary citizen, remember that perfect is the enemy of good.

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[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 4 points 6 hours ago (8 children)

i’ve replaced beef in my diet with kangaroo for exactly this reason… it’s not the same, but it’s great in its own right and contains a load of iron. makes cutting beef out much easier

bonus: roo populations have to be managed otherwise in modern australia they tend to multiply uncontrolled and it’s a problem, so it’s either eat the meat or waste it… roo meat isn’t farmed

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

What if I eat ostrich and emu instead of beef?

[–] huppakee@feddit.nl 3 points 1 day ago

Likely depends a lot on what you feed them, but since chicken and turkey are better for the environment than beef, i'd put my money on ostrich and emu being the better choice.

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You should see the carbon footprint of concrete...

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[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (6 children)

so how many burgers do I skip to compensate for one of Musk's jet joy rides?

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[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 3 points 23 hours ago

Hello, I would like to place one order of Kaczynski

[–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 3 points 16 hours ago (6 children)
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[–] hardcoreufo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Reading this I should live like a medieval peasant and only eat potatoes, onions, and root vegetables and drink nothing but beer. I'm kinda down with that.

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[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 3 points 18 hours ago

Can we please have a source for the YSK statement you made in the title and the graph?

I have seen data on not having kids being the biggest choice a person can make to prevent future emissions. You also didn't mention flying less often, or not flying when a reasonable alternative exists. What is the relative impact of all of these things compared to dietary changes? Numbers on that would be helpful.

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