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by Incipient 1067 days ago
Even by environmentalist website estimates, eggs, milk, chicken, and pork are 4x or so more than some crops. Going vegan is just the wrong avenue to target climate change.

That'll take a monumental effort, for a fairly minor impact. "eat less beef" sure.

People leaving the aircon on 24/7. Horribly uninsulated homes, buying and returning hundreds of items.

But ultimately, it's a shift to renewables+storage/nuclear that has to happen.

Pushing for people to go vegan is essentially counter-productive.