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Re:Planet is 'way off track' in dealing with climate change,... by fathead_glacier on Thursday March 12, 2020 @03:28PM (#22560761)
One of my lecturers once gave an anecdotal reductio ad absurdum argument of why it is difficult to reduce our carbon footprint: people are not willing to walk from the UK to France for a piece of cheese when they can just drive a few minutes to the store.

It is a difficult problem to solve for a reason.

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Re:Planet is 'way off track' in dealing with climate change,... by _Microft on Thursday March 12, 2020 @03:44PM (#22560942)
Transportation makes up 10% of the carbon impact of food at most if I remember correctly. The choice of what one eats is a lot more important. Here are articles you might be interested in?

https://ourworldindata.org/food-choice-vs-eating-local

https://ourworldindata.org/less-meat-or-sustainable-meat

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