BlackRoseEating meat creates four times more greenhouse gases than being vegan, landmark study finds
This study misses two major things that need to be considered to properly evaluate a majority vegan diet for the population vs a diet that has meat. Whatever your personal thoughts, we should be able to agree that we don’t have a full picture without this information.
What are emissions, land use, and water use going to look like if vegan food production is scaled up to provide the same calories that a diet with meat has? This is a nontrivial consideration especially since meat is more calorie dense. You will need a larger quantity of vegan options to match a caloric equivalent of meat.
Humans need amino acids that are only found in meat for our full health. This is easy enough to counteract by taking vitamin supplements, but if the entire world needed to take these supplements regularly, what sort of emissions and water use would the scaled up production have? Is manufacturing a high quantity of necessary vitamins going to be better environmentally? I honestly don’t know.
Assuming we want the global population to have at least the same food access and nutrition as today, these are questions we need to know the answer to. Maybe the points I’ve raised are easily addressed without significant emissions. That would be fantastic – we just need to have a full picture.
Sugar has the best calories/co2 balance.
Most vegans don’t need supplements. Just check your b12/iron every 2-3 years
pejosnicMost vegans don’t need supplements. Just check your b12/iron every 2-3 years
This is false. Your B12 reserves will deplete slowly but surely if you don’t supplement. Iron, ferritn, and a complete blood count containing hemoglobin and red blood cell indices should be checked more often than once 2-3 years. Many vegans will need supplements, especially young women.
There are now various sources of B12, the main for me is some kind of Plant Milk. Not all but most of them contain B12.
You also need to check the quantities, as it’s often not enough. Also, ingredient lists and nutritional values can’t always be trusted.
Lol at your downvote situation on a 100% accurate and helpful post.