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Re:Vitamin D: Potent regulator of dopaminergic neuron differ... by namaria on Sunday May 28, 2023 @04:17PM (#36107363)
Human civilization is pretty horrible for the environment in it's current form. Trying to break it down vertically and pinpointing personal choices on it is an exercise in diversion. We need deep structural changes to how we source energy, how we solve logistics and how we manage labor. Arguing about diet choices or duration of showers is just a way to keep us from tackling what really matters.
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Re:Vitamin D: Potent regulator of dopaminergic neuron differ... by tcfhgj on Sunday May 28, 2023 @08:51PM (#36109373)
Diet choices are things that really matter, as you can see in the IPCC report summary
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Re:Vitamin D: Potent regulator of dopaminergic neuron differ... by namaria on Monday May 29, 2023 @03:42AM (#36111674)
If most people were willing to change their diets overnight, maybe. Mathematically or statistically, irrelevant when you take into account real human beings. It's as disingenuous as saying "if everyone were nice, Earth would be paradise".
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Re:Vitamin D: Potent regulator of dopaminergic neuron differ... by BossingAround on Monday May 29, 2023 @09:37AM (#36113824)
Soon enough, capitalism will force people to change their diets overnight. When 1lb of beef is $30, people will think twice what to eat for diner.

Now, whether it's carbon tax that'll force e.g. beef to go to its true cost, or climate change, that I don't know.

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Re:Vitamin D: Potent regulator of dopaminergic neuron differ... by namaria on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @04:34AM (#36122473)
That doesn't sound much like a dietary 'choice' to me. I hope pricing can force the necessary changes in time. Honestly, I fully expect disaster levels sea level rise within my lifetime...
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