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by DoingIsLearning 1509 days ago
- Emmisions related to livestock are 5.8% of _all_ global CO2 and other GHG emissions [0]

- Methane leaks from Oil and gas drill sites and abandoned wells alone account for 5.8% of global emissions. [0]

Ethically I am aligned with animal welfare but rationally it is a lot more realistically that we force Oil&Gas to clean up their act than to expect everyone worldwide to switch to oat milk.

[0] https://ourworldindata.org/uploads/2020/09/Emissions-by-sect...