I know most plant food is cheaper than meat and that is true in almost all countries. That’s because dry beans and grains are shelf stable and no meat is unless it has been processed which further drives up its price.
The fact is you don’t want to make the change and that is fine but understand every excuse you are making here, except the bit about time, is simply not true on any level.
You can cook ahead of time. Go ask any single vegan how it works.
If they can afford ground beef at $4/lb why can’t they afford things that are much cheaper?
The only other way to slow climate change is a massive death event in the West and China and to a much lesser extent India. I can’t eat people let alone a few billion.
And we aren’t engaging in a rhetorical debate here so attempting to highlight non existent flaws isn’t helping you here.
You acted like an asshole and are being called out for it. There’s no way for you to be “right” in this situation after you chose to act inappropriately.
If you want a real surprise check out what George HW Bush’s 1988 environmental platform was. If we actually followed through on it we would be better off.
Im not defaming you. Im calling out your behavior. You can’t act rude and not expect pushback. You aren’t helping anyone with your attitude.
Except people around the world manage to do this
If you want to give me the $500,000 I need to get a house closer to my work I’d take it.
If not you are doing the punching down everyone is talking about.
Sadly the 70 miles I need to walk every day would be an issue. I can’t afford a home closer to work either but I can move to a plant based diet.
You are literally buying into propaganda in order to resist recognizing your role in climate change.
Again try reading critically in the future, child.
I was waiting for this article because I bet you never read this trash study. They assign the entire footprint to the business owner. Now who is responsible for the emissions of my local power plant, the CEO or the people using the power? This study says the CEO despite the fact the consumers dictate how much power is needed to be generated.
Next time try reading your sources critically
Says the person who really doesn’t want to accept they have some responsibility here.
Odds are Im decades older than you.
The catch is plant based diets are cheaper
You misread that. Meat accounts for 60% of the global emissions of food production not 60% of the total.
There’s a study kicking around blaming the 1% for ~40% of the emissions which they determine by assigning the carbon footprint of their businesses to the individual. While Charles Koch has a bigger carbon footprint than most I don’t think it makes sense to suggest he’s responsible for all his energy company’s emissions since someone else uses that power.
Most vegan and plant based foods are MUCH less expensive unless you are only eating pre-prepared foods. A bag of rice and a bag of beans and some veggies are not expensive at all.
You seem to not have any of the facts.
Not a vegan Im just trying to make the only difference I can make.
I get that you don’t want to recognize that most of the meat people eat is part of the problem or that there is something you can do but it does not change the facts.
I thought that was implied that you would switch to plant based and it is incredibly inaccurate to say meat production has no impact on the climate.
No it isn’t a red herring. You claimed vegetarian diets are more expensive and that is not true on any level in any country that does not heavily subsidize meat (and even most that do).
You are trying and failing to come up with reasons why you can ignore my claims and there is no logical basis for you to do so because they are true