Amazon soya and beef exports 'linked to deforestation'
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#2Water 'linked to wetness'
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#3well, otherwise it would get expensive pretty fast with rainforest soil. I mean, you learn this in highschool around here (rainforest soil=most often bad for agriculture, so one must take means to mitigate that → one must move the crop...), so what do people expect?
Re: Amazon soya and beef exports 'linked to deforestation'
#4Here's an interesting thought experiment for meat-eaters:
Why not stop eating beef?
your response might be a knee-jerk "but I really like it!". Everyone knows the huge environmental costs we are responsible for when eating meat. But it's really interesting to pursue the tension in your own personal logic-brain vs lizard want-it-brain.
I've stopped eating most refined sugar and massively cut down on meat in the past few years. But the mental battles I had with myself in the process were surprising.
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Re: Amazon soya and beef exports 'linked to deforestation'
#6Here's an interesting thought experiment for meat-eaters: Why not stop eating beef? your response might be a knee-jerk "but I really like it!". Everyone knows the huge environmental costs we are responsible for when eating meat. But it's really interesting to pursue the tension in your own personal logic-brain vs lizard want-it-brain. I've stopped eating most refined sugar and massively cut down on meat in the past f…
I cut down massively on beef during the worst of the California drought, when I found out what the resource consumption looked like. To the "if it's yellow let it mellow" crowd: just the beef in a typical burger has the water usage footprint of something like 40? 50? high-flow toilet flushes.
Chicken is about 1/3rd the water footprint, and IMO it's a lot easier to get good texture when cooking it.
Re: Amazon soya and beef exports 'linked to deforestation'
#7Here's an interesting thought experiment for meat-eaters: Why not stop eating beef? your response might be a knee-jerk "but I really like it!". Everyone knows the huge environmental costs we are responsible for when eating meat. But it's really interesting to pursue the tension in your own personal logic-brain vs lizard want-it-brain. I've stopped eating most refined sugar and massively cut down on meat in the past f…
HDYT, is it time for you to cut down on soya as well?
Re: Amazon soya and beef exports 'linked to deforestation'
#8Interesting
Re: Amazon soya and beef exports 'linked to deforestation'
#9Here's an interesting thought experiment for meat-eaters: Why not stop eating beef? your response might be a knee-jerk "but I really like it!". Everyone knows the huge environmental costs we are responsible for when eating meat. But it's really interesting to pursue the tension in your own personal logic-brain vs lizard want-it-brain. I've stopped eating most refined sugar and massively cut down on meat in the past f…
Because I don't care about the environmental cost beacuse people like you who don't eat meat will cover for my cost, god bless.
Also tbqh I'd prefer some trees chopped off than to quit eating steaks.
Re: Amazon soya and beef exports 'linked to deforestation'
#10Here's an interesting thought experiment for meat-eaters: Why not stop eating beef? your response might be a knee-jerk "but I really like it!". Everyone knows the huge environmental costs we are responsible for when eating meat. But it's really interesting to pursue the tension in your own personal logic-brain vs lizard want-it-brain. I've stopped eating most refined sugar and massively cut down on meat in the past f…
The problem is the availability of vegetarian / vegan meals in western society. Sophisticated food culture revolves around meat. It requires planning and work (in addition to dealing with the lizard brain).
In particular, as a gym-goer I want my protein, and if soya is out too, then it's quite a bit more difficult. Excuses, I know.