No shade on people trying to make sustainable choices, but if the solution to the climate crisis is us trusting everyone to "get with the program" and pick the right choice; while unsustainable alternatives sit right there beside them at lower prices, then we are truly doomed.

What the companies behind these foods and products don't want to talk about is that to get anywhere we have to target them. It shouldn't be a controversial standpoint that: (i) all products need to cover their true full environmental and sustainability costs, with the money going back into investments into the environment counteracting the negative impacts; (ii) we need to regulate, regulate, and regulate how companies are allowed to interact with the environment and society, and these limits must apply world-wide. There needs to be careful follow-up on that these rules are followed: with consequences for individuals that take the decisions to break them AND "death sentences" (i.e. complete disbandment) for whole companies that repeatedly oversteps.

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I'm vegetarian.

It shows one person greening an average pension is 57 times more effective in dealing with the climate crisis than having a vegan diet and 20 times better than driving an electric car.

I heard a similar news report on PBS a couple weeks ago. Aside from the obvious, and already mentioned, don't have kids. Both for the environment, and to not put your kids through the coming bullshit.

How is dark chocolate so high? :o

question, how come beef is so cheap it's it takes so much resources?

if it's just subsidies, then we should get rid of them

Question, if people switch to other sources of food, won't the other sources have their carbon footprint increased?

Is there a chart for carbon footprint per animal or smth?

We could really use a movement to get more people to try adding beans, peas, and tofu to their grocery list. I wasn't able to stick to not eating meat, but sticking to eating less meat by adding alternatives to my grocery list turned out to be quite easy.

I don't cook red meat out of fear I'll catch something by being a klutz and rubbing my eye or something while prepping food. Anyway—I will happily chow down at a Fuddruckers once in a while when I can bank it.

Why is there such a massive difference between beef from "beef herds" compared to "dairy herds"?

You can't survive around here (eastern Kentucky) without owning your own car. The nearest Walmart to me is a half hour drive at 60mph and we don't have taxis in any of the towns around me. That's 7 hours of walking, each way. No buses or trains either. The closest store of any kind to me is a Dollar General and is about 2 hours each way if I walk.

Wrong. The single biggest thing most of us can do to reduce harm to the environment is not have kids. Each human, no matter how responsible, can't help but add to the problems. The mountain of diapers for each baby alone is obscene. Each baby you don't have is a whole ass person that will never add to food or electricity or water demands at all.

Isn't not having kids more impactful than anything as that's entire person's life of co2 you're not creating.

Not true. The single greatest thing you can do to have a lower carbon footprint is to not have any children.

...fuck, my coffee habit by itself is probably responsible for a solid 0.01 *C global temperature increase.

Sorry all... I didn't know.