From https://sh.itjust.works/post/1278677
plant-based foods emit fewer greenhouse gases than meat and dairy, regardless of how they are produced.
From https://sh.itjust.works/post/1278677
plant-based foods emit fewer greenhouse gases than meat and dairy, regardless of how they are produced.
And remember, biking or walking is no more environmentally sound - per person-km travelled, using a typical western diet - than a fuel-efficient automobile with a single passenger, but a private jet produces more than 10,000x the CO2 per km. Everyone can do their part to reduce overall CO2, but the rich and powerful are destroying the planet at a rate several orders of magnitude faster than you or I simply because it’s convenient for them.
We should probably stop squabbling over who’s corporate version of highly-processed, manufactured, plant-based meat and food products we’re going to substitute for animal proteins if we really care about worldwide carbon levels.
People exercising doesn’t create a comparable amount of pollution as any petromeum based vehicle.
Honestly your point makes it sound like people should not exercise. Is that really your hot take?
To be specific, exercise for health reasons increases CO2 levels for no reason other than to extend your life and, very possibly, to increase your muscle mass which increases your resting metabolic rate - you literally are generating CO2 with the effect of increasing your CO2 generation rate and the total duration you’ll be producing CO2.
In a way, this hits exactly in my rant about where we worry about CO2 production: Getting out and getting in shape, or walking and biking places for fun is a negative but, like enjoying a reasonably-sized portion of animal protein in our diet, this is not the primary driver in causing Global Climate Change and there’s a shit-ton of low hanging fruit (animal meat?) to be had but the people who make policy are the biggest offenders. We’re literally banding together in the hundred of thousands to forego a chicken breast or hamburger so some celebrity can wipe out the entire savings by flying between their home and the harbor where their yacht is docked.
That’s not right. This studyabout biking vs driving with different diets. inflates the carbon output for bikers by subtracting the calories for car drivers, but not for bicyclists.
It assumes too much and is so generalized nothing can really be gleaned from the findings.
Walking and biking are more environmentally sound than driving
Not everyone drives a “fuel-efficient” car (25 mpg according to the article), in fact the most popular car being sold are Ford F150s with mpg around 15-20. And even mpg is not a constant if you consider traffic or inclination.
I 100% agree that the wealthy are killing us much much faster.