Re:Actions rooted in open source culture can make a big impact
by goodpoint on Monday May 23, 2022 @12:00PM
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> Switching to a plant based diet is almost equivalent to eating half as much of an omnivorous diet : https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-06466-8
The improvement is way bigger than that for most meat-intensive (e.g. American) diets.
See https://ourworldindata.org/environmental-impacts-of-food
Re:Actions rooted in open source culture can make a big impact
by endisneigh on Monday May 23, 2022 @08:36AM
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no one is talking about being hungry. I'm talking about reducing food waste and eating less in light of the massive obesity endemic. eating plant based can be a part of that, sure, but isn't directly related to my point.
Switching to a plant based diet is almost equivalent to eating half as much of an omnivorous diet : https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-06466-8
However, dividing omnivorous food intake by two would probably not be possible in the long term, unless your diet is way oversized.
And it's easier to switch to a plant based diet than to be constantly hungry.
Reducing environmental impact is a marathon, not a sprint : it s much better to take actions that can be sustained in the long term than very impressive actions that are marginally more effective, but abandoned after 2 month