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ArchersMakeGoodKings t1_j3h3ikf wrote

Reply to comment by dancingkittensupreme in So, what do we do? by seeyoubythesea

Even just removing beef, if you're not ready to give up other meat, would go a long way.

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dancingkittensupreme t1_j3h3vip wrote

You are correct. However it's easy to just stop at beef when milk is often worse because the animals are alive longer to keep milking them. They too are still cows and produce a lot of methane. And considering supply chain complexity it's still better to stop eating all animals. Even fish and chicken are still really awful for the environment to catch or raise. Vegetable farming (even the worst kind) is still less impact full on the planet than animal agriculture. And most of the plants we currently grow on land in the world is fed to animals too

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ArchersMakeGoodKings t1_j3h5z1b wrote

I don't think dairy is statistically worse, but that's not my point. Everyone has to start somewhere. Not eating beef is a great place to begin. That's all I'm saying.

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dancingkittensupreme t1_j3h6a8m wrote

Dairy cows live longer than beef cows yes?

What would make a dairy cow somehow produce less methane per day than a beef cow...?

It makes perfect sense and it is true. Dairy cows live longer and therefore each Dairy cow produces more methane in its life than a beef cow.

They both shouldn't be consumed for obvious ethical reasons, but it doesn't have to be worse for my point to stand that cheese is just as bad for the environment as beef

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ArchersMakeGoodKings t1_j3hac4j wrote

You have to kill a cow to eat it. And then raise a new cow to eat more. It's about energy and GHG emission per gram consumed.

Again, I was just pointing out one place to start. There are hundreds of things each individual could do differently. Picking one of the biggest is a good beginning point.

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