Dutch Supermarket Reveals 44% Of Proteins Sold Last Year Were Plant-Based

https://lemmy.ca/post/19661172

What’s the scariest #film you’ve ever seen?

For me, it’s “Don’t Look Up” bc while the #movie is supposed to be satire, it’s terrifyingly plausible from my perspective as a former staffer who now studies science policy.

This is mind-boggling: "The average American consumes about 127 kilograms of meat a year compared with 7 kilograms in Nigeria and just 3 kilograms in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the FAO data. The Eat-Lancet Commission recommends people consume no more than 15.7 kilograms of meat a year. "

(for Finland it is ca. 80 kg per capita).

As a minimum, we could start from lowering the meat consumption to a level that is _healthy_...
#ClimateChange #Food
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-26/eat-less-meat-is-message-for-rich-world-in-food-s-first-net-zero-plan

Oil consumption per capita varies hugely from country to country.

The differences are staggering.

Dr. Gladys West grew up in 1930s VA. She had limited opportunities as a black girl in the south, but went on to become a mathematician.

In the 1950s, West helped program the Naval Ordnance Research Calculator. Later, she worked on modeling the shape of the Earth & helped develop satellite geodesy models, a foundation of GPS.

West was not formally credited for her work until 2018 when the VA General Assembly honored her contributions. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_West #HistoryRemix #history #science