If everyone were vegan, only a quarter of current farmland would be needed

Re:If everyone were vegan, only a quarter of current farmlan... by cheese_goddess on Monday January 31, 2022 @02:31PM (#30152985)

> Yes, eating less meat helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions.[0] Until you can find a reliable source that says that it doesn't, we can stop talking about your baseless speculation that it doesn't.

Can you show me where in my comment I made this baseless speculation?

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Re:If everyone were vegan, only a quarter of current farmlan... by enkid on Monday January 31, 2022 @03:11PM (#30153577)

Here you go:

> The conclusion to draw is that even if everyone on the planet went vegan, but we continued to burn fossil fuels the same as before, we would still not have done anything to stop climate change

Strictly speaking, eating less meat does something for climate change because it lowers greenhouse gas emissions. It can't be the only thing we do, but it does do something.

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Re:If everyone were vegan, only a quarter of current farmlan... by cheese_goddess on Monday January 31, 2022 @03:30PM (#30153838)

So that bit of my comment you quote is not where I made the baseless speculation that reducing meat doesn't help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It's where you thought I made that baseless speculation.

Because I said that everyone going vegan would not do anything to stop climate change not that it doesn't help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Correct?

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Re:If everyone were vegan, only a quarter of current farmlan... by enkid on Monday January 31, 2022 @11:48PM (#30158737)

Stopping emissions stops climate change. If you aren't willing to admit that, why are you even talking about climate change.

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Re:If everyone were vegan, only a quarter of current farmlan... by cheese_goddess on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @08:43AM (#30162232)

Reducing the amount of meat we eat does not "stop emissions". It reduces emissions- but not enough to stop climate change.

Climate change can only be stopped (stopped from getting worse, that is) by eliminating or drastically reducing the amount of fossil fuels we burn. That is because 3/4s of greenhouse gas emissions come from burning fossil fuels and only a much smaller amount comes from raising animals for meat, and then not even all animals that we reais for meat are significant contributors to greenhouse gas emissions, only ruminants are.

I find it shocking that, in order to promote the animal rights agenda, the indisputable fact that anthropogenic climate change is caused by burning fossil fuels is sidelined and the weight is placed on meat production. That is dangerous propaganda and if you care about the climate you should not promote it.

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