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[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not all greenhouse gas production is equal nor should it be treated equally. If we eliminate the personal automobile from being needed to commute to work, literally nothing else about society needs to change and we are at pre-ww2 emissions.

[–] LSNLDN 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah like take methane which is 20 times worse than carbon as a greenhouse gas, but we don’t talk about that because not enough people want to stop eating meat - which accounts for more emissions than all types of transport combined

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

We have to both tackle fossil fuels and meat production if we want to hit climate goals

To have any hope of meeting the central goal of the Paris Agreement, which is to limit global warming to 2°C or less, our carbon emissions must be reduced considerably, including those coming from agriculture. Clark et al. show that even if fossil fuel emissions were eliminated immediately, emissions from the global food system alone would make it impossible to limit warming to 1.5°C and difficult even to realize the 2°C target. Thus, major changes in how food is produced are needed if we want to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.

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https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aba7357