• monobot@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    When we include refrigerating and preparation needed for meat, it probably goes well over 90%.

    Water usage is also big part of the problem.

    I get it that not everyone has to be vegetarian, but at least reducing meat consumption is important.

    • roo@lemmy.one
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      1 year ago

      They haven’t even got into the micro-footprints found in the huge variety of food crops available across the world with a plant based diet. It’s the opposite of hunting. The more we plunder, the more successful that plant becomes.