(September 21, 2021 at 10:54 am)Spongebob Wrote:(September 21, 2021 at 10:14 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Yeah....so sayeth the shills from big oil. A rumor that got started by it's inclusion in the 06 climate report. Two sentences not found in the body, but the executive summary. In it's full glory-
It was untrue when it was written, it's still untrue, but it made it's way into public perception as a fact. The most appalling bit, though, is that even if we assumed it were true for shits and giggles - there's literally no way to tackle our climate crisis by producing less food. We can switch off oil, we can't switch off eating - we're already hungry, and will only get hungrier in the face of these difficulties.
There's a lot of references to this from various universities, so I'm not sure why you believe it's something the oil companies created. And regarding your question about having to eat; sure we have to eat, but we don't have to eat meat. Before you go off, I'm not a vegetarian, so I'm not shaming anyone, but there are a lot of reasons why consuming meat products is bad for the environment. I suppose I could be convinced to take meat off the table, but I would be lying if I said I wouldn't miss it.
I don't have a problem with what people eat. But in reality, if it requires heat or deforestation, the real problem isn't eating animal or plant, the real problem is that our species is over consuming both, faster than the planet can handle what humans do.
I hate to say this, and I hope humans can pull their heads out of there asses collectively, but it looks like we are becoming a victim of our own success.
If humans suddenly stopped eating animals, and only ate plants, that still would not solve the problem of demand.
