this post was submitted on 20 Apr 2024
1408 points (98.6% liked)

Memes

45719 readers
1057 users here now

Rules:

  1. Be civil and nice.
  2. Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
 

https://climatejustice.social/@breadandcircuses/112303357717712825 Scroll down inside that link for a slightly more extreme version (NSFW).

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] grue@lemmy.world 61 points 7 months ago (4 children)

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

[โ€“] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 14 points 7 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 ๐Ÿ˜‰

[โ€“] lemmyreader@lemmy.ml 13 points 7 months ago

๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ‘

[โ€“] davel@lemmy.ml 8 points 7 months ago

Reporter: [REDACTED]
Reason: Violent threats

porky-scared-flipped gui-better porky-point

[โ€“] psud@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

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 โžก๏ธ fire โžก๏ธ CO2, particles โžก๏ธ grass, etc

If it's left to rot it's grass โžก๏ธ methane, CO2 โžก๏ธ grass

If it is rewilded the carbon cycles grass โžก๏ธ meat, methane โžก๏ธ 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

[โ€“] zbyte64@awful.systems 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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".

[โ€“] psud@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Ok, let's use grain finished beef as an example. The carbon is still from a renewable source, it'll be recaptured when the grain regrows