stoicinmd
stoicinmd t1_iqwn858 wrote
Reply to comment by Either_Pollution_840 in [OC] Prices for common food products, August 2010 vs 2022. by robert_ritz
Animal agriculture uses a lot of land and contributes, by some estimates, as much green house gas emissions (primarily methane) as the transportation sector. Most of the corn in the US is grown to feed animals not humans. Converting land that is used to grow animal food to human food would reduce pressure on scarce water resources especially in ranch land out west and reduce dependence on pesticide and herbicides used if we reduced the overall farming footprint.
Here is one source: https://news.stanford.edu/2022/02/01/new-model-explores-link-animal-agriculture-climate-change/
There are many sources if you google something like “greenhouse gas emissions animal agriculture “
stoicinmd t1_iz3eshn wrote
Reply to I made a website that lets you launch an asteroid at Earth and see the effects [OC] by OrangePrototype
Fun and terrifying! Are you collecting lat/long data on most popular impact locations?