If I were a better man, I'd give up fish. I blame the Japanese for creating so many tasting things.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-023-00795-w/figures/2
The girl at the supermarket (I say "girl" because she appeared about 12 to my middle-aged eyes even though she was probably 20 and deserves to be called "woman") asked excitedly today if I was a vegan based on cart contents, but I had to tell her alas, no, mostly just shopping for someone with a dairy allergy.
Since the "Elon Musk's Jet" tracker popped up in my feed, I figured I'd do some quick math. Based on a meat diet releasing roughly 6 kg of carbon per day for a 2000 calories a day diet (from random googling) and Elon's one trip generating 47 kt of CO2.
With this single trip, Musk generated more carbon than a would be saved by a heavy meat eater going vegan for 29 years.
I mean, you probably should eat less meat, but it won't save a planet full of billionaire assholes.
@ucblockhead not to quibble with your dietary choices but no single trip from a private flight is producing 47kt of CO2. A fully loaded 737 is like 80t and only about a quarter of that is fuel.
47kt is about half the weight of a Nimitz-class nuclear aircraft carrier, or 8 Arleigh Burke guided missile destroyers fully loaded.
@phenidone Sorry, that was a typo. Should have said 47 tons, not kt. Math is based on the actual amount, which I got from here: https://mastodon.social/@elonjet/110769636396874012
I didn't validate the ElonJet number so it may not be right
❓ucblockhead
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