Vegetarian diets worse for climate than eating bac

[hatt]

Originally Posted By: spasm3
I don't believe vegetarian diets are worse for the environment.

I do believe that organic production if truly organic, IS bad for the environment.
Go on? I'm not seeing how organic production could be worst than conventional production.

 

[Alfred_B]

Originally Posted By: John_Conrad
up for discussion is a topic on green house gas emissions, so i wasn't sure if it should go in general topics or here. Mods can move if they choose. I went here because the topic in the article is called "Shocker: Vegetarian diets worse for climate than eating bacon"

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2015/12/15/shocker-vegetarian-diets-worse-for-climate-than-eating-bacon/


I am one of those individuals whose health and body weight maintenance does better with more balanced meals and regular excercise. I eat meat and eggs and love bacon and have been buying no cure bacon lately but have to work hard at eating smaller portions. My doc says eat more fish.

Any way, i am rambling and as far as the article and green house gas emissions goes an increase in 38% energy use, 10% water use, and 6% green house gas emissions to eat get people to eat healthy. The thing about the article is that you have to take this in context as I understand it: this increase is for maintaining a food supply for folks who are not healthy as opposed to maintaining food supply for those folks who are healthy where those folks have a positive effect on the environment as maintaining that food supply is less strenuous on the environment.


Any reputable source for this?

 

[VeeDubb]

I think calorie efficiency is probably the best way to think about what is good for the environment. If it takes more resources to produce a calorie, it's going to not be good for the environment or economics.

On that measure, you can construct both bad vegetarian and non-vegetarian meals.

For example, Paleo dude who eats nothing but lamb or beef and a big salad with mostly lettuce is using a lot of resources. But so is a raw vegan bro who eats two pounds of greens per day and refuses to eat fat or protein which are more calorie dense.

A balanced Mediterranean type diet with lots of grains (which have decent amounts of calories), olive oil (also calorie dense), some fish, and enough (but not over-the-top amount of) veggies to get you your nutrients is both health and good for the environment.

 

[Jetronic]

I like my veggies AND my meat. They complement each other for me.

Does that make me the hitler of greenhouse emmisions?