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In reply to the discussion: Are you willing to consider giving up meat to reduce greenhouse gases causing climate change? [View all]The_jackalope
(1,660 posts)18. No, but I will volunteer to be child-free.
Forgoing one child saves 60 times more CO2 per year than switching to a plant-based diet. A couple who remain child-free save, on average, over two childs'-worth of CO2, or the equivalent of 120 people going vegan. My choice is clear. I prefer to do things that will actually make a difference. I will eat what I want, thanks.
Want to fight climate change? Have fewer children
The greatest impact individuals can have in fighting climate change is to have one fewer child, according to a new study that identifies the most effective ways people can cut their carbon emissions.
The next best actions are selling your car, avoiding long flights, and eating a vegetarian diet.
The greatest impact individuals can have in fighting climate change is to have one fewer child, according to a new study that identifies the most effective ways people can cut their carbon emissions.
The next best actions are selling your car, avoiding long flights, and eating a vegetarian diet.
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Are you willing to consider giving up meat to reduce greenhouse gases causing climate change? [View all]
milestogo
Oct 2018
OP
My consumption is already largely limited to small additions to other cooked foods for flavor
hlthe2b
Oct 2018
#1
Yes, and also because I choose not to eat anything with a face (aka The Tommy LaSorta diet
c-rational
Oct 2018
#12
They also survived without making petulant, irrelevant responses on the internet.
LanternWaste
Oct 2018
#74
I would give up meat to feed the starving. I'll go electric to cut carbon
McCamy Taylor
Oct 2018
#46
It's not an 'or' thing. It's going to take many paths, and you can take many at once,
mahina
Oct 2018
#108
i can fake a sauce. not gravy. i did buy mushroom POWDER for stroganoff.
pansypoo53219
Oct 2018
#139
99% of the animal products at your grocery store come from the factory farm industry.
athena
Oct 2018
#101
buy WI organic eggs & milk. think my one butcher gets meat from the UWM ag program.
pansypoo53219
Oct 2018
#111
Actually, I don't see how free range chickens would effect climate change
womanofthehills
Oct 2018
#85
Chicken manure produces methane. And grass-fed beef is actually worse for the environment.
athena
Oct 2018
#99
I gave up meat in 1994. I don't miss it at all. I am a very healthy 72 yr old.
wasupaloopa
Oct 2018
#103
you are spreading a lot of manure in this thread but vegan cutting risk of Alzheimers to zero is
Kali
Oct 2018
#112
First of all, post a poll that has a definite question. Not "willing to consider".
bitterross
Oct 2018
#105
Fish only Pescatarian (sp?). That's what I want to be ! Remember reading
Laura PourMeADrink
Oct 2018
#123
Becoming vegan, vegetarian, carless or even a hermit isn't going to solve climate change.
roamer65
Oct 2018
#128
Aggressive birth control promotion and monetary incentives for voluntary sterilization.
roamer65
Oct 2018
#130
Imagine 10 billion trying to survive after this happens. Welcome to Earth 2100.
roamer65
Oct 2018
#131
I eat eggs from pasture-raised chickens and about four ounces of chicken a week.
femmedem
Oct 2018
#132