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  1. Rye83

    Rye83 with pastrami Admin Secured Account Highly Rated Poster SC Connoisseur Veteran Army

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    They may be hypocrites but if 7 billion people acted like the elite this world would be completely f*cked in less than a decade. Two wrongs don't make a right. However, the real issue is big corporations, they run these climate change campaigns that try to convince the average person the burden is on us when it is them that are responsible for 90% of the pollution. Recycling, especially when it comes to plastics and glass, is a complete joke (aluminium recycling is the only recycling that makes any sense). Corporations love to produce plastic because it is cheap and better for their bottom line and investors. Blaming cow farts for pollution is completely ridiculous as it is a closed system, they aren't adding anything to the system. These huge corporations have politicians in their pockets, there is zero chance any meaningful legislation will be passed in time.
     
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    So many wealthy arriving at COP26 in private jets that they had to disembark passenger(s) and then fly another 30 miles to park!

    The British Royals lecturing everyone ELSE to reduce their carbon foot print whilst owning 19 palaces and mansions plus flying private jets within the UK as well as abroad - jumping on the bandwagon might have seemed great for PR but the comments in right-wing media are very negative and when the Queen exits the fate of the RF is tenuous.

    I am going to look at the wealthy (that includes Prime Ministers, Presidents, members of governing bodies, the Royal Family and other Elite) for a lead - as soon as I see them taking the bus and living in small insulated houses then I will follow suite. Their hypocrisy has reduced my willingness to 'do my bit'.
     
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  3. Rye83

    Rye83 with pastrami Admin Secured Account Highly Rated Poster SC Connoisseur Veteran Army

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    It is possible but extremely unlikely. Future generations are screwed.
     
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    1kg of beef provides a lot more nutrients, calories and protein than 1 kg of any vegetable or fruit ever could. Vegetarians and vegans would love everyone to switch over to their eating habits but that simply wouldn't be sustainable.

    Want to replace milk? Let's look at the almond/pistachio/nut/soy industry and see how much more damage they would be doing to the environment if they scaled up large enough to produce their products to the same level that dairy currently does.

    Animals take plants (a lot of that feed isn't fit for human consumption) and turns them into something we can use. Also, a lot of the land that cattle grazes on is not suitable for growing plants that humans can consume.

    The water intake issue: yes, cattle need water, but a lot of that water is rain water that collects in ponds.

    Livestock is not our problem. About 70% of the world's pollution comes from 100 corporations. Fossil fuels (that adds captured carbon in to our atmosphere) is the issue. I don't think that is a reasonable thing to stop though, it is just too essential to our civilization.
     
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    Rye83, Nov 4, 2021
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    Cows taste better and the skulls make great hood ornements.
    Besides, I am sure you inow about PETA and their efforts

    People eating tasty animals

    Boss Hogg

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    Or TX

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    Pride of the south
     
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    No. Cows are ruminants with several stomachs and can process food that other animals can't, unlock the methane in the process and expel it into the atmosphere. Humans, poultry, etc., unlock small amounts of methane, the rest remains in the waste. About 80% of cow feed humans can't digest. The earth is one giant closed system, except for the sunlight. There is also frozen methane in seabeds, lakes, and tundra that is thawing out and bubbling into the atmosphere. So yea, cow stomachs unlock methane that would otherwise remain locked and it contributes.
    https://clear.ucdavis.edu/explainers/how-do-cows-produce-methane
     
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    Toto, Nov 3, 2021
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    Dont know how fast news travels these days, but just ahead of the COP26 summit on climate change, in Glasgow Scotland, the UK is experiencing similiar conditions as more recently, that of Italy.
    Looking across the Globe, I find it hard to acept that 37% of those surveyed still dont agree that its down to our use of Carbon Emissions.
    Just what does the future hold for our children?
    Can we really change the situation or is it to late?
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    john boy, Oct 29, 2021
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