Sophistrysapien247 t1_j8pw5ip wrote on February 16, 2023 at 2:25 AM

Reply to comment by gingerbreadguy in Gulf of Maine records second warmest year ever in 2022: New report finds average sea surface temperature was 53.66 degrees, about 4 degrees above historic average by SAT0725

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/12/4/20993654/chicken-beef-climate-environment-factory-farms

It's not as big of a difference as even the most transported meat substitute. since chickens have to eat a lot of calories to yield a lot of calories (trophic level heat loss) so we would still be growing all that grain to only yield 50% worth of calories of chicken. Did that make sense?

gingerbreadguy t1_j8pwy1p wrote on February 16, 2023 at 2:31 AM

Yeah that makes sense. I eat neither so no need to convince me. Just searching for some low hanging fruit for people ready to make some changes. Got this particular detail from a website focused on pets' climate footprint, and it sounded like chicken based pet food was significantly better than beef based, though I don't know how trustworthy that source was.

Sophistrysapien247 t1_j8px7tm wrote on February 16, 2023 at 2:33 AM

Yeah, some other ways are not having a child (just one less child even... not zero children) and also drive an electric car. But considering most people est multiple times a day, those small choices are much more accessible than the other two. So to me small diet changes are the most accessible