• grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    8 months ago

    This is Lemmy; we can put that slightly more extreme version right here!

    (I don’t think it really is NSFW, but I’ll put it behind a spoiler tag to honor your opinion.)

    NSFW

    • psud@lemmy.world
      0·
      8 months ago

      I haven’t yet been convinced that giving up meat can help. Specifically, I haven’t seen the question of what happens to the grazing land.

      If it is left to burn, the carbon it contains cycles grass ➡️ fire ➡️ CO2, particles ➡️ grass, etc

      If it’s left to rot it’s grass ➡️ methane, CO2 ➡️ grass

      If it is rewilded the carbon cycles grass ➡️ meat, methane ➡️ predators, etc

      If left as it is it’s the same, but with us in place of the predators.

      I really feel like there is no way of preventing the carbon emissions of grasslands, but at least if they’re making meat for us we can work on engineering a way out of the methane release, and people are working on that

      And at worst it’s not fossil carbon, it’s renewable, the carbon emitted is captured again when the grass regrows

      There’s carbon in the farm equipment, but that’s the same in all farming

      • zbyte64@awful.systems
        3·
        8 months ago

        Grass fed cattle and corn fed cattle have very different impacts on the environment. “Meatless Mondays” to me says “eat less meat” which in turn means more money for “Grass-Fed Steak Fridays”.

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
      1·
      8 months ago

      I don’t think it really is NSFW

      Not that I find it in any way objectionable myself, but I’d say that in a very literal sense it’s not safe for work. At least if you work for a corporation or similar type of soulless entity 😉