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What do you think are the worst carbon causing human activities? What do you think are the most beneficial activities to counter carbon output?

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  • nsrxn@kolektiva.socialN [email protected]

    pretty much all cattle eat grass for the first year. that 97% you're looking at are grass-fed, grain-finished.

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    Oh no another reality denier, this should be fun

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      Oh no another reality denier, this should be fun

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      what I said is true

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        Honestly, capitalism.

        The whole damn consume consume consume mindset.
        The idea that things are discarded instead of being repaired or properly recycled.

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        Yes, capitalism.

        The hype trains alone are a massive issue. But shareholder value!

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          I don’t know, there are progressive capitalist countries which do pretty well, especially in Europe. And there are nominally communist countries which have the highest number of new coal plants and poorest environmental records on the planet.

          saying “capitalism“ certainly does make people check out because that’s an irresolvable “problem”, compared to “See if you can start eating vegetarian one day a week and beef no more than once every two weeks”

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          Hm you had me at the beginning but lost me at the end.
          Me as a non massively rich person does have no influence whatsoever. Don't try to tell me otherwise. I did my part and tried to get the world in a better state yet we have degraded massively globally over the last decades.

          (that does not mean I stopped trying)

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            I don't think any industry pollutes more per client served than the cruise ship industry.

            The most impactful things you can do for the environment is to push your representatives to pass regulations. The USA is absurdly unregulated at the federal level.

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            • nsrxn@kolektiva.socialN [email protected]

              what I said is true

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              See my other replies to the other guy if you’re going to insist beef is remotely sustainable

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                Not in any order:

                • Military / warfare

                • Excessive HVAC use: heating/cooling unnecessarily large spaces (as opposed to zoned) and by more degrees than necessary

                • Unnecessary and inefficient transportation. This includes most air travel, cruise ships, shitty urban planning, commutes for jobs that can be done remotely, large/inefficient automobiles.

                • Cryptocurrencies and AI

                • Consumer junk based on planned obsolence, lack of reliability, poor quality, and excessive packaging (often plastic)

                • Food - increased per capita consumption of animal products and egregious amounts of food waste.

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                  For typical middle-class people (like the ones probably reading this), usually the single worst thing they do is flying. It's the only way to blow your personal carbon budget for the whole year in just a few hours.

                  That's at the individual level.

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                  And air travel is increasing.

                  Air travel for leisure / tourism is environmentally irresponsible to the extent that I cannot personally justify my participation.

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                    And air travel is increasing.

                    Air travel for leisure / tourism is environmentally irresponsible to the extent that I cannot personally justify my participation.

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                    Well done for being ethically coherent. Estimates vary, but to be sustainable on a planet of 9 billion, the number of flights per person per year has to be really low indeed, functionally zero. So I'm with you more or less - almost no more flying.

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                    • jeffw@lemmy.worldJ [email protected]

                      See my other replies to the other guy if you’re going to insist beef is remotely sustainable

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                      I didn't say anything about the sustainability of beef. I told you how production works.

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