silence7@slrpnk.net to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoHay grown for cattle consumes nearly half the water drawn from Colorado River, study findswww.latimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up1134arrow-down12file-text
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minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 years agoThem: Let’s stop climate change! Me: Great! Eat less meat! Them: . . . visibly upset Noooooooooooo
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·2 years 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-down1·2 years 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.