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Comment on Organic eggs have worse impact on climate than eggs from caged chickens

okwithmydecay@leminal.space ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

I stumbled upon this article, after George Monbiot posted about it:

It’s a point I’ve been trying to make for a long time: there is no good way to meet even 10% of current demand for animal products. They trash the living world, whichever way you do it. If you want to reduce your impact, switch to a plant-based diet

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FishFace@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I stopped reading Monbiot ages ago because he had some remarkably dumb takes (which I’ve now forgotten, shamefully).

I would rewrite this one as, “if you want to reduce your impact, reduce the amount of animal products you eat, including meat, eggs, and dairy.” I will never be a vegan, and for a long time I never even considered that people might reduce their meat consumption if they didn’t go fully vegetarian, nor reduce their animal product consumption if they didn’t go fully vegan.

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- okwithmydecay@leminal.space ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  
  I would rewrite this one as, “if you want to reduce your impact, reduce the amount of animal products you eat, including meat, eggs, and dairy.”
  
  Whilst you’ve said you’ll never become a vegan, do you disagree with this statement? Whilst tackling climate change is a collective problem, and not one solved through individual lifestyle choices, it needs to be acknowledged that all animal products have a carbon footprint
  
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huf@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
i’ve often wondered, how much meat did medieval peasants really eat and was that level of meat eating sustainable, or was that already destroying everything around itself?

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- okwithmydecay@leminal.space ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Well back then there wasn’t as many people, and industrial farming didn’t exist. Until the latter occurred, meat was considered a luxury.
  
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