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minus-squaremoonsnotreal@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-22 years agoBeef costs 60 kg of co2 to produce 1 kg of meat. Fruits an plants still release carbon in production, but much less. Source:https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidrvetter/2020/10/05/got-beef-heres-what-your-hamburger-is-doing-to-the-climate/?sh=3d3933715206 Edit:Grammar
minus-square🐑🇸 🇭 🇪 🇪 🇵 🇱 🇪🐑@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoPeople underestimate just how intensely wasteful meat is, at least the average meat you find in a grocery store. There is a few exceptions like fishing it yourself but even that is getting unfeasible with how high demand is in the general population
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agofirst, i am suspicious of those numbers, and don’t think they tell teh whole story. even if they did, cutting out meat from my diet would have no impact at all.
Beef costs 60 kg of co2 to produce 1 kg of meat. Fruits an plants still release carbon in production, but much less.
Source:https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidrvetter/2020/10/05/got-beef-heres-what-your-hamburger-is-doing-to-the-climate/?sh=3d3933715206
Edit:Grammar
People underestimate just how intensely wasteful meat is, at least the average meat you find in a grocery store. There is a few exceptions like fishing it yourself but even that is getting unfeasible with how high demand is in the general population
first, i am suspicious of those numbers, and don’t think they tell teh whole story.
even if they did, cutting out meat from my diet would have no impact at all.