In an ideal world there wouldn't be people that intentionally harmed the environment
Burning fuel, #AirPollution, & farming animals, #MeatEating, are the biggest causes of #ClimateChange & biodiversity loss, #Extinction
Two main (big) problem social groups. The "industry" that seeks to make profits from the ecologically degrading activities. And the consumer that *wants* to use fuel using tech (e.g., vehicles) & eat meat (beef being the worse food for the environment)
What to do about them?
U.S. dietary guidelines should emphasize #beans and #lentils as protein, new proposal says
The report, from an advisory committee to the #USDA, also suggests encouraging people to reduce their intake of #SugaryDrinks and sodium and eat more whole grains.
Dec. 12, 2024, 5:00 AM EST
By Randi Richardson
Summary
- A report on proposed changes to U.S. dietary guidelines suggests encouraging people to eat more beans and lentils for protein and less #RedMeat.
- Updated guidelines are expected to go into effect later next year.
- Future guidelines should also spur people to eat more whole grains and consume less sugary drinks, sodium and processed food, the report says."
#DietForASmallPlanet #Diet #MeatEating #EatLessMeat #GoMeatless
I've been saying this for a long time. If we are going to eat meat (especially beef), it should be expensive and a special treat -- not an everyday occurrence!
The End of the #CheapBurger
#FastFood chains might be dangling deals, but #MeatEaters better prepare for a new, more expensive era for America’s favorite food.
September 26, 2024
"Most of us remember 2020 for the pandemic, but ranchers will also remember it for the severe drought. When pasture for herds to graze grows harder to come by, ranchers send animals to slaughter without replacing them, shrinking herds and sending prices up. 2024’s rainfall has been better, but parts of the country are still not out of the woods. Even as the costs of feed for cattle has declined, higher interest rates and operating expenses have meant that it’s still too pricey for most ranchers to get back to growing their herds, or 'rebuilding' them, in industry parlance. So the number of cattle continues to fall, and the price of beef will continue to rise."
Read more:
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-end-of-the-cheap-burger?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
#DietForASmallPlanet #Diet #MeatEating #EatLessMeat #GoMeatless #McDonalds #BurgerKing
Men Really Do Eat More Meat Than Women, Study Says 🍔🥩
When given the choice, men tend to eat more meat while women eat less, researchers say. 🧑🔬
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bc-climate-men-eating-meat_l_666b7328e4b082cfb5d9bebe
#MeatEating #DietChoices #GenderDifferences #FoodStudy #ScienceFindings
🐶 "Save dogs, eat pigs?" 🐷
A nice article about South Korea that goes through... applications of carnist behaviors and speciesist fallacies.
From "jobs tho" to "cultural moral relativism", see them all...
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People in South Korea have faced international criticism over dog meat for decades. Now the government has finally moved to prohibit the practice - to the jubilation of the Western media.
Dog meat supporters decried the ban as a travesty, even threatening to unleash two million dogs in protest. While politicians expected opposition, not a single parliamentarian from any party voted against the ban.
But the debate raises deeper questions: is the narrowly applied outrage over dog meat justified, or do we just have a blind spot when it comes to our own meat practices? Morally speaking, are animal products like pig meat familiar to consumers in the West any different to dog meat?
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https://theecologist.org/2024/mar/18/save-dogs-eat-pigs
#goVegan #meatEating #carnism #speciesism #vegan #veganism #dogMeat #pigMeat #meat #dogs #dogLivestock #barkon #barkbeque
The meat and dairy industry is not 'climate neutral', despite some eye-catching claims
Getting into the dirty dealings of meat industry apologetics:
context:
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The term “climate neutral” was first coined by policy makers to refer to net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases. These gases were measured using a long-established scale that represents their warming effect over a 100-year period, expressed in CO₂ equivalents – this is the so-called “global warming potential” or GWP100 and it was used in the preparation of the Paris agreement.
But GWP100 is still imperfect because while most methane is in the atmosphere for only a couple of decades, carbon dioxide can linger for centuries. That’s why in 2018 some academics introduced a new metric called GWP* to better represent the warming impact over time.
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meat industry science accounting shenanigans:
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But the reports we examine have used GWP* to subtly shift the meaning of the term climate neutral from net-zero emissions to net-zero additional warming, where “additional” refers to warming on top of that already caused by the livestock sector, not warming compared to if the sector stopped entirely. This means a historically high emitter such as the beef industry can get off easily.
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The analogy I would make is slapping someone (or some other form of violence that doesn't leave a clear mark). They're trying to claim that they're not attacking the atmosphere because slap damage doesn't last long... while they continue the slapping frenzy.
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Using GWP*, a livestock sector with high but declining methane emissions can claim to be climate neutral since it adds less additional methane to the atmosphere – and therefore less additional warming – each year. This is referred to in some of these studies as a “cooling effect”, which is misleading since it’s not cooling the atmosphere, only warming it slightly less. These studies also fail to make clear that, like methane itself, this “cooling” effect of methane reductions is temporary. And the level at which they stabilise will likely still be high enough to cause significant warming.
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So if you see such papers, remember:
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GWP* certainly has merit when applied at the global level. However, even the scientists who developed it agree it shouldn’t be used to assess a particular region or sector such as livestock.
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#meatBased #meatIndustry #bullshit #Mitloehner #GHG #climate #meatEating #methane #GWP #greenwashing
Hey #Mastodon
Do you ever struggle with making difficult decisions? It's common to feel ambivalent when weighing the pros and cons of an issue, and then feel dissonant after taking a stance that contradicts your self-relevant attitudes. We shed light on the interactions between these two types of conflict in our newest preprint by looking at meat consumption as a case example. Check out the preprint: https://psyarxiv.com/5k9as/
#DecisionMaking #Ambivalence #Dissonance #Psychology #MeatEating
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@samuraikid @djsumdog
We're not big supporters of #meatEating. It'd be great for many, including in terms of #publicHealth, if we were somehow limited in our #meat intake.
We're quite sure that if we stopped bombing far flung places, incl' staging #coups that destabilise, there'd be no #slaveLabour on our shores in the #massProduction of #meatProducts at #abattoirs.
#meatIndustry #consumption #extremeImmigration #humanTrafficking #bigAg #abattoirWorkers #refugeeProduction #MICIMATT
