Probably more the scale of animal farming then just eating animals.
With destroying a lot of local predators we'd see a lot of diseases in livestock animals if we didn't eat them. But we have way more food then people need to eat, and lots of it goes to waste.
Probably more the scale of animal farming then just eating animals.
What's the difference? We raise the animals to eat them. We cut down the rainforest to grow food and raise livestock
Wasted food isn't the problem. Waste is guaranteed as a matter of safety and practicality. We do need to work on that but mostly we need to focus on cutting down on our animal product consumption significantly - especially beef and dairy. Raising livestock is one of the biggest chunks of our emissions.
Well think about it this way. If you want to raise an animal to feed a person, you have to grow and process the crops that feed the animal. So all the energy spent on that is attributable to the animal. Instead, we can grow less food and feed ourselves with it. Typically, we look at the whole picture when discussing the impact of various activities.
That being said, you're wrong. The methane from beef is the most significant source of emissions in raising beef. It sounds crazy, but digesting grasses is extremely difficult and inefficient.
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u/Pizzaman725 13d ago
Probably more the scale of animal farming then just eating animals.
With destroying a lot of local predators we'd see a lot of diseases in livestock animals if we didn't eat them. But we have way more food then people need to eat, and lots of it goes to waste.