| If you care about environmentalism then you should resonate with the fact that 68% of the Amazon is Burnt for pastures for Cattle Farming. 28% is Burnt for Agriculture, of which 60% is for soybeans, of which 77% are shipped overseas for livestock feed. That means at least 80% is burned for livestock or livestock feed. Since part of the palm oil and other plant produced is also used for livestock feed that number probably closer to 85%. See: https://www.fern.org/fileadmin/uploads/fern/Documents/Fern%2... Your proposed solutions simply don't add up. Air Travel makes up 2.5-3.5% of all GHG emissions, Air Conditioning makes up 3.94%.
Livestock makes up a whopping 18%. So even banning all air travel and air conditioning, would only give you the same reduction on GHG emissions as eating 40% less dairy and meat. So cutting meat and dairy from your diet is one of the easiest ways to cut your CO2 footprint massively. And it's actually just a minor inconvenience once you get used to plant based cooking, calling vegan cooking "dark ages" is ridiculously overdramatic, considering that e.g. indian food is often vegan and delicious. See: https://www.fao.org/3/i3437e/i3437e.pdf https://academic.oup.com/af/article/1/1/19/4638592 https://ourworldindata.org/co2-emissions-from-aviation https://www.nrel.gov/news/press/2022/nrel-shows-impact-of-co.... |
I will generally advise that people avoid buying any products from countries who has a history of burning rain forests to produce (or we can call it subsidize) cheap exports. Similar for cheap products created from child labors, military conflicts, sweatshops, or forced labor camps.