silence7@slrpnk.net to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 months agoHay grown for cattle consumes nearly half the water drawn from Colorado River, study findswww.latimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1134arrow-down12file-text
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minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·8 months agoThem: Let’s stop climate change! Me: Great! Eat less meat! Them: . . . visibly upset Noooooooooooo
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·8 months agoFor context, cutting meat is a big enough chunk of what needs to happen to be meaningful, but nowhere near enough on its on.
minus-squaredelirious_owl@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·8 months agoIts necessary, not sufficient. The same is true for stopping all internal combustion engines in yard maintenance. Its necessary, its not (alone) sufficient. We need to do all of these things.
Them: Let’s stop climate change!
Me: Great! Eat less meat!
Them: . . . visibly upset Noooooooooooo
For context, cutting meat is a big enough chunk of what needs to happen to be meaningful, but nowhere near enough on its on.
Its necessary, not sufficient.
The same is true for stopping all internal combustion engines in yard maintenance. Its necessary, its not (alone) sufficient.
We need to do all of these things.