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Is Grass-Fed Beef Really Better for the Climate: in terms of climate-warming emissions, “it actually comes out no better — in fact, a little worse.” (www.nytimes.com)

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[–] bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

It's not like we're going to stop eating them suddenly, the economics of beef has been pushing it out of reach of more Americans every year.

12% of the US population is eating half the beef, which is in line with the wealthiest 10% driving half of consumer spending in the US.

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[–] wakko@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Correct. The question everyone should be asking is why the ~90% is cool with letting that 10% ruin 100% of the planet's ecosystem, of which we have only 1.

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