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Re:New study suggests that lab-grown meat produces up to 25 ... by xnx on Friday June 23, 2023 @11:16AM (#36448010)
Absolutely. A great way to reduce the impact of plant farming is to do less of it. Something like 1/3 of farmland is used to grow crops that are fed to animals. https://ourworldindata.org/global-land-for-agriculture
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Re:New study suggests that lab-grown meat produces up to 25 ... by asciimov on Friday June 23, 2023 @01:33PM (#36449892)
How many more things will we have to plant to offset the meat eating?
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Re:New study suggests that lab-grown meat produces up to 25 ... by myshpa on Friday June 23, 2023 @03:44PM (#36451362)
If the world adopted a plant-based diet we would reduce global agricultural land use from 4 to 1 billion hectares

https://ourworldindata.org/land-use-diets

We could double forest area, stop biodiversity loss and store whole 1.5C carbon budget with subsequent reforestation effort. Studies confirming this exist. It's the easiest and surest way how to stop climate change.

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