YSK that apart from not having a car and voting, the single greatest thing you can do for the climate is simply eating less red meat.
YSK that apart from not having a car and voting, the single greatest thing you can do for the climate is simply eating less red meat.
Red meat has a huge carbon footprint because cattle requires a large amount of land and water.
https://sph.tulane.edu/climate-and-food-environmental-impact-beef-consumption
Demand for steaks and burgers is the primary driver of Deforestation:
https://e360.yale.edu/features/marcel-gomes-interview
If you don't have a car and rarely eat red meat, you are doing GREAT 🙌🙌 🙌
Sure, you can drink tap water instead of plastic water. You can switch to Tea. You can travel by train. You can use Linux instead of Windows AI's crap. Those are great ideas. But, don't drive yourself crazy. If you are only an ordinary citizen, remember that perfect is the enemy of good.
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I have a motorbike I use infrequently, I eat red meat rarely, and I have no children. I feel like I'm doing my part.
Yes, but do you support those who have pollution spewing private jets like Amazon and Meta, to name just a few? Do you support candidates who will take necessary actions against climate change? Do you grow a garden and cut firewood?
Half the population could cease to exist without much effect but if a few thousand of the one percent ceased to exist it would make a massive impact.To answer your questions:
- No.
- Yes.
- I don't have opportunity for gardening or a need for for firewood. Just this afternoon, I did just very successfully forage for yummy wild mushrooms for my lunch.
What do you do, stranger?