Red meat has a huge carbon footprint because cattle requires a large amount of land and water.

https://sph.tulane.edu/climate-and-food-environmental-impact-beef-consumption

Demand for steaks and burgers is the primary driver of Deforestation:

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-beef-industry-fueling-amazon-rainforest-destruction-deforestation/

https://e360.yale.edu/features/marcel-gomes-interview

https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2023-06-02/almost-a-billion-trees-felled-to-feed-appetite-for-brazilian-beef

If you don't have a car and rarely eat red meat, you are doing GREAT 🙌🙌 🙌

Sure, you can drink tap water instead of plastic water. You can switch to Tea. You can travel by train. You can use Linux instead of Windows AI's crap. Those are great ideas. But, don't drive yourself crazy. If you are only an ordinary citizen, remember that perfect is the enemy of good.

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[–] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I did check it ... doesn't seem to check out, not even close.

Here is a pretty neat interactive graphic: https://www.wri.org/insights/4-charts-explain-greenhouse-gas-emissions-countries-and-sectors

If you click on the energy -> transportation sector, you'll see it's about 80% from road traffic.

Over all ships only make up a tiny amount (0.3% of global emissions).

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