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I do believe the biggest impact would come from regulating large companies and billionaires, but it’s not one or the other.

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[-] Blamemeta@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Sink a cargo ship. Burn a mansion. Fly a drone into a jet intake.

In minecraft of course

[-] guyrocket@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I put solar panels on my roof a few years ago. Not a complete solution but I do believe it makes a difference. Also slowly moving to all electric appliances. I now have an induction range instead of gas. And all energy star appliances.

I hope my next vehicle will be an EV. When my gas mower dies I'll buy electric.

I am starting the ball rolling on better insulating my 1950s house.

All incremental improvements, nothing too radical.

[-] pacology@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

The biggest effects will come from reducing your carbon footprint. Think about what activities generate the most CO2 and what you can cut. For example, meat production is a big CO2 producer. Reducing/eliminating red meet from your diet will reduce your carbon footprint.

Obviously, driving is another CO2 producer. If you can bike or walk as much as you can.

Home cooking/heating is another big source of carbon emissions. You can wear sweatshirts/blankets in the winter and keep your house cold (64-68 F?) and use fans in the summer instead of AC.

Reusing/recycle also comes up as a possible way to reduce CO2 emissions, but I’m not familiar with the net effect on your CO2 of recycling. Reusing makes sense though.

[-] Today@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Is red meat worse than pork or poultry?

[-] Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

Pork counts as red meat as well iirc. It has more to do with how much feed the animals need to grow mature enough for slaughter.

Cows > pigs > chickens in that sense.

So chicken is the least environmentally damaging source of meat.

[-] Today@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

Is it about the size of the animal? Is there a large animal that produces enough meat to offset the environmental damage per serving? Chickens seem very gross and labor intensive for one family meal (unless you count eggs) where a cow seems happy to eat grass and produce a lot of meals. I realize most cows are disturbingly fattened and I've started trying to buy farm meat from local butchers. I think i read that Chipotle uses better (happier?) meat than most other restaurants. Also, i just started leaving about Temple Gramdin's work for humane animal farming.

[-] grue@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago
[-] blazera@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

personal vehicles are the single largest source of co2 emissions in the US.

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