One of the thorniest problems of the 21st century is how to get people to eat less meat. A new poll conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that most U.S. adults said they eat meat at least several times a week.
  • commie@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    51·
    1 year ago

    this article reads like a high school seniors persuasive essay. it’s a gish gallop through half a dozen poorly supported arguments to go vegan. I was hoping it was… news. from the ap.

    what would such a news story say under this headline? how about “recent policy changes and ad campaigns have been shown to reduce emissions in the agriculture sector.”

    not only does it not say this, it is filled paragraph after paragraph with unrelated nonsense to the headline.

    what a disappointment.

    • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      41·
      1 year ago

      What good is it going to do for 1-10% of the world population to give up meat? The rich can burn fossil fuels like they’re a moderate sized nation, but there’s only so much meat a person can eat. Considering that a large portion of global emissions come from eating meat, especially red meat, this is something that actually does make sense for the average person to do. Even more so when you consider the non-climate change advantages of mass reduction in meat eating, like freeing up the amount of land dedicated to raising meat animals or feed for meat animals.

  • raptir@lemdro.idEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    found that most U.S. adults said they eat meat at least several times a week.

    There are 21 meals in a typical week. “Several” is defined as more than two. So you could eat vegetarian for 85% of your meals and still be part of this metric.

    • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      3·
      1 year ago

      They broke it down by type of meat; eating chicken 5 times a week doesn’t have the same climate impact as eating pork 5 times a week.

  • paddirn@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Give up on beef and dairy if you want to start small, just reducing our use of cattle would probably help the most compared to other animals. Just working to replace those two in your diet will still take some time & commitment, but you can at least lean on other meats until you’ve gotten that part of your diet down.