Lab-grown Meat is not a Climate Change Solution

Re:Lab-grown Meat is not a Climate Change Solution by EA-3167 on Saturday September 09, 2023 @03:12PM (#37449207)

My takeaway as always is that clearly the single most impactful thing most people can do is not have children, or have fewer children. Unless you're a billionaire, nothing in your life with have close to the same impact as not reproducing.

I would however also point out that simply divided total emissions reductions needed vs all humans is misleading. The average Nigerian emits FAR less CO2 than the average Indian. The average Indian emits less than the average Chinese person, who emits less than the average American.

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Re:Lab-grown Meat is not a Climate Change Solution by abdullahkhalids on Saturday September 09, 2023 @03:41PM (#37449511)

If we look at per country per capita emissions [1], we can see that Africa, South America and Asia (excluding China and India) have current emissions below the 2C warming. So yes, they don't need to reduce anything at the country level - simply not increase.

North America and Europe on the other hand...

[1] https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/co-emissions-per-capita?t... Scroll all the way down

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Re:Lab-grown Meat is not a Climate Change Solution by x86x87 on Saturday September 09, 2023 @03:35PM (#37449445)

Yup. Stop reproducing below replacement rate. Embrace GMOs. Consume less. That's the only viable path we have.

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Re:Lab-grown Meat is not a Climate Change Solution by Boatfaceing on Sunday September 10, 2023 @01:33AM (#37453179)

Lol after the west and you specifically have enjoyed a life of decadent and gluttoness consumption? Yeah not gonna happen buddy. Africa will consume what it wants to consume and fuck you and your moralizing western bullshit

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