• @nyar
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    1 month ago

    Or we can stop overengineering everything, stop raising meat livestock, stop growing cash crops in areas prone to drought, and go vegan.

    • Justin
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      21 month ago

      There definitely needs to be better farming regulation to make it more sustainable, but that’s really more of a California thing. Most countries are growing for sustenance, or have a rare viable climate for a crop like cocoa.

      Developing countries need more efficient, more pathogen-resistant farming, which is where we need new technology like GMOs and eventually vertical farming.

      As much as I hate recommending technical solutions to environmental problems, raising livestock for dairy, eggs, and meat has been a worldwide tradition for millennia, and I don’t think it’s practical to try to convince the entire world to go vegan. Lab grown meat solves this problem entirely, and once it’s viable, we can ban all animal-based products in supermarkets.

    • @Etterra
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      11 month ago

      Good luck with that. Also fuck no I’m not going vegan, wtf is wrong with you.

      • @[email protected]
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        maybe just a little? Veggie fridays for funsies :) You don’t need to join the church of veganology and shave your head.

        PS: Lots of cultures on Earth are able to make a kick-ass meal with veggies e.g. Indians, Italians, Tex/Mex, Buddhists, Egyptians.

      • @nyar
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        11 month ago

        I want the populations of the planet, flora and fauna, to not die an agonizing death due to climate change. That’s what is wrong with me.

      • @nyar
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        21 month ago

        It’s not a matter of what we like, it’s a matter of what is necessary.

        • @[email protected]
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          Veganism is not necessary. Vegetarianism is not even necessary.

          If you can get the energy from a CO2 neutral source, you can have artificial meat grown in factories.