People Don't Get the Link Between Meat Consumption and Climate Change (2016)

Re:People Don't Get the Link Between Meat Consumption and Cl... by melling on Friday December 15, 2017 @08:27AM (#15931608)

I don’t get the connection either. The United States with 4% of the world’s population produces a lot of CO2. India with 4 times the number of people produced half as much.

China with 4 times the number of people now produces twice as much as the US. China’s CO2 surged in the past two decades.

Finally, does this have anything to do with meat?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_...

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Re:People Don't Get the Link Between Meat Consumption and Cl... by lozenge on Friday December 15, 2017 @08:41AM (#15931704)

A lot of China's CO2 production is to create goods that are purchased by the US and other developed countries. http://m.pnas.org/content/107/12/5687

And yes, some 15% of humans' GHG production can be attributed to meat.

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Re:People Don't Get the Link Between Meat Consumption and Cl... by melling on Friday December 15, 2017 @08:55AM (#15931781)

The first line states this:

“CO2 emissions from the burning of fossil fuels are the primary cause of global warming”

China uses almost much coal as the rest of the world combined:

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=16271

That chart seems to correlate with China’s emission increases:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_...

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Re:People Don't Get the Link Between Meat Consumption and Cl... by lozenge on Friday December 15, 2017 @11:12AM (#15932783)

I don't disagree, I'm just pointing out that a lot of China's coal use is to power factories that export goods to the US. If China used anything other than the cheapest energy for their factories, you would be seeing "made in India/some other country more willing to pollute to save us a few cents" a lot more in Wal-Mart.

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