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Re:Giving Up Meat Won’t Have Much of an Effect on Climate Ch... by vegannet on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @09:34AM (#20939964)
You can make the same point repeatedly if you like but, as I've explained, the costs you're referring to are a very small part of the total cost and certainly do not come close to offsetting the gains made by cutting out livestock from the equation.
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Re:Giving Up Meat Won’t Have Much of an Effect on Climate Ch... by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @09:42AM (#20940077)
Citation? I suspect you made that up, to score imaginary internet points.

Here's some data I just Googled:

  Car trips:  0.34 metric tonnes of CO2 / 1000 miles

  Burgers:    0.5 metric tonnes / year of burgers (150)
Producing meat is very-much commensurate with other marginal activities associated with procuring meat, like trips to the grocery store.

I'm done here.

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