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Pubelication t1_j4q7gr5 wrote

Reply to comment by nameTotallyUnique in Inside an insect farm: Are mealworms a sustainable meat alternative? by vpuetf

It's not smaller, it's 57% vs 29%.

But if all people eating meat stopped, the emissions from plant farming to replace those calories would skyrocket. The only way to lower plant-based food emissions is to not ship it, which would mean almost the entire northern hemisphere would have no fruits or vegetables half the year, or they'd have to be grown in heated and artificially lit greenhouses, which again creates emissions.

It makes more sense to not ship meat around as much and buy local. In Europe that's caused by some countries subsidizing certain meat types and exporting them.

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Pubelication t1_j4pl2sv wrote

Reply to comment by KorewaRise in Inside an insect farm: Are mealworms a sustainable meat alternative? by vpuetf

57% of that 14% is livestock, plant-based is 29%.

Let's pretend that all livestock disappears. Where the fuck do you think the emissions from livestock, which are mostly caused by transportation and farming machinery are going to go? Those people will need to eat something. In Europe for example, the only place that vegetables grow from Oct to Mar are in the very south (Spain, Italy, Greece), and heated greenhouses with artificial lighting. Livestock is available year-round locally and virtually unaffected by weather.

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