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Meat is a leading emissions source – but few outlets report on it, analysis finds
(www.theguardian.com)
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Tradies leaving trucks running all day because they aren't paying for the fuel is an emissions source.
Buses idling at stops for tens of minutes at a time is an emissions source.
Target the people that are wilfully wasting resources.
Both. If you eat meat, you're willfully wasting resources
It's looking like if we're going to survive on the planet, we can't keep waiting to do something that might personally effect us in the hopes that the corporations will someday have a muzzle put on them. It could be decades until that happens, so we'd best chip in with what we can do personally until that day happens.
Like people choosing to eat meat and animal products instead of plant based alternatives?