Meat accounts for nearly 60% of all greenhouse gases from food production

Re:Meat accounts for nearly 60% of all greenhouse gases from... by oregano on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @12:45AM (#28520332)

Appreciate your honesty from my personal question. I worked with a woman a few years ago who said she was interested in reducing her meat consumption but reasoned that her dad was from Texas and loved to grill so, because of that, she could never stop eating it. I’m puzzled by her thought process but it seems to explain some kind of internal need to maintain identity- and, I guess, culture.

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Re:Meat accounts for nearly 60% of all greenhouse gases from... by lolsal on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @11:45AM (#28526524)

Consider asking the Japanese to no longer eat fish or seafood. It's possible, but the Japanese would lose a big part of their identity.

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Re:Meat accounts for nearly 60% of all greenhouse gases from... by oregano on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @01:06AM (#28535460)

I understand the point. I’m from the Midwest in the US. Corn everywhere. Cows everywhere. My family drank cow’s milk and ate meat at every single meal. It was something deeply ingrained in the culture I grew up in. This also basically went along with the norms of my heritage. I no longer eat meat or drink milk but I don’t feel any less connected to my heritage and culture. It’s different for everyone.

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