Adding a metre between meals boosts vegetarian appeal – study
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Re: Adding a metre between meals boosts vegetarian appeal – study
#2> Meat-heavy diets not only risk our health but that of the planet, as livestock farming on a massive scale destroys habitats and generates greenhouse gases.
Well that's a bit over the top...
Seems like they could have stuck with the "vegetables are good for you" line and had just as relevant of an article.
Re: Adding a metre between meals boosts vegetarian appeal – study
#3> Meat-heavy diets not only risk our health but that of the planet, as livestock farming on a massive scale destroys habitats and generates greenhouse gases. Well that's a bit over the top... Seems like they could have stuck with the "vegetables are good for you" line and had just as relevant of an article.
The truth is over the top?
Re: Adding a metre between meals boosts vegetarian appeal – study
#4> Meat-heavy diets not only risk our health but that of the planet, as livestock farming on a massive scale destroys habitats and generates greenhouse gases. Well that's a bit over the top... Seems like they could have stuck with the "vegetables are good for you" line and had just as relevant of an article.
The truth is over the top?
Because no vegetable farm ever caused habitat destruction or environmental damage...
Re: Adding a metre between meals boosts vegetarian appeal – study
#5> Meat-heavy diets not only risk our health but that of the planet, as livestock farming on a massive scale destroys habitats and generates greenhouse gases. Well that's a bit over the top... Seems like they could have stuck with the "vegetables are good for you" line and had just as relevant of an article.
Is it? As a rule of thumb, each layer of indirection in the food chain retains only 10% of the energy from the previous layer.
If we eat the stuff we give to cows (which is what vegetarians do) then we would need only 10% of the land to farm it.
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#7> “All cafeterias and restaurants have a design that ‘nudges’ people towards something. So it is sensible to use designs that make the healthiest and most sustainable food options the easiest to pick without thinking about it,” she said.
Hopefully such designs also produce lower quantities of the less desirable options, since food waste has a huge impact on climate change (according to drawdown’s list).
> “We know that information alone is generally not enough to get us to change damaging habits. More research is needed on how to set up our society so that the self-interested default decision is the best one for the climate.”
This I agree wholeheartedly with. Expecting people to change their behaviors is an exercise in futility. Defaults and convenience matter a lot more.
Re: Adding a metre between meals boosts vegetarian appeal – study
#8How about they just go ahead and put a sign on the meat dishes saying "recently sneezed on by someone with Covid" to make the veggie option more appealing?
Re: Adding a metre between meals boosts vegetarian appeal – study
#9> Meat-heavy diets not only risk our health but that of the planet, as livestock farming on a massive scale destroys habitats and generates greenhouse gases. Well that's a bit over the top... Seems like they could have stuck with the "vegetables are good for you" line and had just as relevant of an article.
Is it? As a rule of thumb, each layer of indirection in the food chain retains only 10% of the energy from the previous layer. If we eat the stuff we give to cows (which is what vegetarians do) then we would need only 10% of the land to farm it.
What unit of energy? Calories?
Re: Adding a metre between meals boosts vegetarian appeal – study
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is it? As a rule of thumb, each layer of indirection in the food chain retains only 10% of the energy from the previous layer. If we eat the stuff we give to cows (which is what vegetarians do) then we would need only 10% of the land to farm it.
What unit of energy? Calories?
...why is the unit important?