I am curious about how much the carbon reduction from decreased animal cultivation would be offset by the increase needed in plant cultivation.
Edit: leave it to the vegan community to throw down votes for an honest curiosity. I don’t care, but I do find it funny because it plays into the stereotypes.
We would decrease plant cultivation as a result of decreasing animal exploitation within the agricultural sector. Far more plants are needed, and land cleared, in an animal based system than a plant based one. There would be no offset. Plant agriculture is, in part, a downstream effect of animal “agriculture”.
I am curious about how much the carbon reduction from decreased animal cultivation would be offset by the increase needed in plant cultivation.
Edit: leave it to the vegan community to throw down votes for an honest curiosity. I don’t care, but I do find it funny because it plays into the stereotypes.
We would decrease plant cultivation as a result of decreasing animal exploitation within the agricultural sector. Far more plants are needed, and land cleared, in an animal based system than a plant based one. There would be no offset. Plant agriculture is, in part, a downstream effect of animal “agriculture”.
You need more plants for meat than directly providing that to people.
I wasn’t aware that it was so stark an amount. Thanks for the comment.