- cross-posted to:
- climate@slrpnk.net
- cross-posted to:
- climate@slrpnk.net
‘Forest management alone cannot address the hotter, drier conditions that are making fires more intense … — that requires confronting the underlying crisis.’
‘Forest management alone cannot address the hotter, drier conditions that are making fires more intense … — that requires confronting the underlying crisis.’
People could reduce climate emissions a lot by changing what they put on their plates. Greatly reduce or eliminate consumption of animal products. It would take time to get a lot of people on board with it, but it’s possible.
70% of agricultural land is used for livestock. Shrinking or even eliminating that usage, and rewilding it, would help sequester a lot of carbon.
Consumption of animal products is at an all time high, with the USA leading the way. It’s ridiculous. Things like meat used to be a luxury. Human beings have survived just fine through generations with only small amounts of animal products. Heavy consumption of animal products with sedentary lifestyles also leads to lifestyle disease.
Every time I mention this, people immediately scoff, even leftists. That’s the problem. People can’t even be bothered to change their own habits out of want of pleasure and convenience. The government isn’t going to make it happen anytime soon. Even socialist governments prided themselves on how much animal products they could produce.
Wow, have I been there. I don’t proselytize about what I eat (at all) IRL. I figure the best I can do is set a good example and be quiet about it. People don’t care for a lecture and it’s not going to sell anyone on being vegan, vegetarian, pescetarian, or even flexitarian.
So I almost never mention it unless asked about it. But the topic often comes up over a shared meal. I still have supposed leftists ask me why I’m a vegetarian or challenge things like drinking almond milk (because of water usage!), FFS. This question about almond water usage is sometimes while they are stuffing meat and/or dairy into their faces. 🤣 And of course, I get the unbelievable question - “where do you get your PROTEIN?” and try so very hard not to facepalm at this. Especially when this question was answered for the same person before.
I’m still eating animal products (eggs/dairy) but even that is something I’ve dialed way down over the years for a lot of reasons, including health.
The other thing that grows very tiresome is having some leftist men (and some women) subtly or not so subtly imply it’s not as manly or not as “primal” to not eat meat. I mean, I get why conservative choads are fragile, but when it comes from leftists? Sigh. What the fuck are we even doing here? My guess is that propaganda about food is ever-present and given a huge assist from the government as well.