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incompetent@programming.dev to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 hours ago

Cleanup Group Says It's on Track to Eliminate the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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Cleanup Group Says It's on Track to Eliminate the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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incompetent@programming.dev to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 hours ago
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Nonprofit environmental organization The Ocean Cleanup has announced that it can clear the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within a decade.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/36161054

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    While yes, consuming less meat and especially cow (dairy, beef) is good for you and the environment, your 2/3 statistic falls a part with actual data

    https://ourworldindata.org/emissions-by-sector

    Get your statistics right or don’t say them at all.

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      I meant 2/3 of your personal food emissions. I’m aware that this is not the solution, but it’s a very easy step and no solution will be enough without us changing what we eat.

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        So 2/3 of something that wasn’t that much to start with. Got it.

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          Insufferable

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          Theres a reason people go with published peer reviewed journals and not the data sheets of non profits who refuse to disclose their sources of income. The link to the journal they’re referring to is in the article:

          https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/31/avoiding-meat-and-dairy-is-single-biggest-way-to-reduce-your-impact-on-earth

          The data used in thr screen grabs you have also, very deliberately, separated the energy and transportation used by the meat industry, as separate things not used by the meat industry

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      That graph is wrong/misleading:

      https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-021-00225-9

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        In 2015, food-system emissions amounted to 18 Gt CO2 equivalent per year globally, representing 34% of total GHG emissions. The largest contribution came from agriculture and land use/land-use change activities (71%), with the remaining were from supply chain activities: retail, transport, consumption, fuel production, waste management, industrial processes and packaging.

        Food = total GHG emissions * 0.34

        Agriculture = Food * 0.71

        (supply chain activities: retail, transport, consumption, fuel production, waste management, industrial processes and packaging) = Food * 0.29

        Learn to read

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          I know how to: .71 * 18 = 12.78 Gt, which is more than double what your graph ascribes to agriculture.

          Also, there’s no need to be rude, even if I had been wrong.

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