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minus-squarebetanumerus@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-22 days agoWell the meat industry does in fact affect climate (synthetic fertilizers are made with fossil methane), which indeed disturbs everyone. But whatever you choose not to eat has absolutely no effect on anyone.
minus-squareShanmugha@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day ago the meat industry does in fact affect climate true for any industry. look for how badly we have fucked up our soil whatever you choose not to eat has absolutely no effect on anyone it does. what I choose to not eat I need to compensate, so there is no choice of not eating something, only real choice is what to eat
minus-squareDanquebec@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·20 hours agoConsider the amount of corn and soy grown for livestock.
minus-squareShanmugha@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·20 hours agoconsider the amount of whatever we will have to grow to substitute meat
minus-squareDanquebec@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·19 hours agoThat would be much less than what we grow for that meat.
minus-squareShanmugha@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·19 hours agoPossibly. Does it sound like “yeah, the problem of humans pushing other life forms into starvation and extinction is solved with this one simple trick”?
minus-squareDanquebec@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 hours agoIt doesn’t. But you pointed out soil degradation. Just wanted to point out the impact of animal agriculture on soil degradation. As you said, we can only choose what to eat.
minus-squareShanmugha@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 hours agoYup. We are doing all kinds of wrong things
minus-squarebetanumerus@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoYou forget to consider amounts. Some industries and foods have more effect than others, and the less you eat, the less of an effect you have.
minus-squareShanmugha@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day ago*the less humans are on the planet, the lesser footprint we leave. It should be handled this way but alas, we are not even close
minus-squarebetanumerus@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 day agoThe reason we take care of a fish tank, is to maintain the fish.
minus-squareShanmugha@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoWe did not setup the planet to plant humans here now, did we?
minus-squareShanmugha@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoExactly. So what are you trying to say with that fishtank?
minus-squarebetanumerus@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 hours agoIt allowed us to be here so don’t mess with it.
Well the meat industry does in fact affect climate (synthetic fertilizers are made with fossil methane), which indeed disturbs everyone.
But whatever you choose not to eat has absolutely no effect on anyone.
true for any industry. look for how badly we have fucked up our soil
it does. what I choose to not eat I need to compensate, so there is no choice of not eating something, only real choice is what to eat
Consider the amount of corn and soy grown for livestock.
consider the amount of whatever we will have to grow to substitute meat
That would be much less than what we grow for that meat.
Possibly. Does it sound like “yeah, the problem of humans pushing other life forms into starvation and extinction is solved with this one simple trick”?
It doesn’t. But you pointed out soil degradation. Just wanted to point out the impact of animal agriculture on soil degradation.
As you said, we can only choose what to eat.
Yup. We are doing all kinds of wrong things
You forget to consider amounts. Some industries and foods have more effect than others, and the less you eat, the less of an effect you have.
*the less humans are on the planet, the lesser footprint we leave. It should be handled this way but alas, we are not even close
The reason we take care of a fish tank, is to maintain the fish.
We did not setup the planet to plant humans here now, did we?
You did not setup a planet.
Exactly. So what are you trying to say with that fishtank?
It allowed us to be here so don’t mess with it.