silence7@slrpnk.net to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoHay grown for cattle consumes nearly half the water drawn from Colorado River, study findswww.latimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1128file-text
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minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoThem: Let’s stop climate change! Me: Great! Eat less meat! Them: . . . visibly upset Noooooooooooo
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year 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-up3·1 year 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.