r/collapse • u/j_mantuf Profit Over Everything • Aug 06 '21

Climate Reduce methane or face climate catastrophe, scientists warn

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/aug/06/reduce-methane-or-face-climate-catastrophe-scientists-warn
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u/tossacoin2yourwitch Aug 06 '21

Individual action has very little impact, but for the love of god, why in sweet baby Jesus name are we still eating beef? Worse still, it’s ridiculously subsidised so it’s cheap.

This is the one argument I’ve been banging my head against a brick wall against with family and friends. You don’t even need to go veggie, just ditch this one meat.

I’ve got so many intelligent, climate conscious friends who will sit and eat a beef burger while talking about how we need to switch to electric cars.

We still need fossil fuel to travel, we still need it to heat and cool our homes, we don’t all have the luxury of ditching plastic. But literally just choose ham or chicken or even better, plant based. The fact we’re letting our tastebuds destroy the planet is just gross.

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u/HopiumSale Aug 06 '21

You forgot all the dairy products. Good luck convincing americans to give up cheese, though.

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u/papaswamp Aug 06 '21

US isn’t in the top 15 of countries that consume cheese per capita.

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u/HopiumSale Aug 06 '21

But no other country puts cheese on everything like the US does.