Would You Rather Give Up Meat Or Flying For The Environment?

How about instead this "personal responsibility" bullshit we focus on the actual causes of global warming, I.e. massive corporations that create the majority of greenhouse gasses

The goalpost for individuals is pushed further to make up for what corporations are doing, which is...(reads notes)...nothing.

If you want people to give up flying you need to give them alternatives. I always choose train if it's available. And for meat we don't have to collectively give up meat, eating less meat (once or twice a week) would be totally efficient in limiting the CO2 emissions

How about you redirect this question to the people actually responsible for setting the planet on fire and inevitably turning my children's futures to smoldering ash? I can only just barely afford to eat meat, certainly not every day, and any form of travel is a distant, impossible pipedream.

This is not my fault or responsibility. Life under capitalism hasn't afforded me that luxury. I do not get to make decisions, they are too expensive.

I gave up both, problem solved lol

Just make private jets illegal or tax the fk out of each trip

Ban bunker oil. It's used in shipping container boats. It's the most polluting fuel out there.

Why are we asking this question, and not asking where all the electrically powered planes and synthetic burgers are?

You don't advance as a civilization by throwing your hands in the air, giving up, and going back to the bad old days. You do it by finding a better way to do what you want to do.

Can I keep both and instead hold corporations responsible since they're responsible for like 90% of climate change causes.

Haven't eaten meat for over 10 years. Other than having to manage my feelings of superiority nothing much has changed.

Change needs to be a lot more radical than reducing global CO2 by.. maybe 20%?

If we live plant-based we'll need a lot of less land. We'd need some serious land to free up this land for the wild and rebuild eco systems. And it would still not be enough, because the rising heat will just destroy it anyway.

So expensive sequestering technology at source needs to be made mandatory globally and everybody will feel the hit of that. Producing (and sequestering) CO2 will be so expensive that the market will find viable, cheaper alternatives.

Given I haven't eaten meat in 19 years, how many airmiles does that buy me?

Imagine asking yourself this, like flying was ever fucking necessary ever.

man we need to start being a little more creative, and end all this binary thinking about everything.. THIS OR THAT: CHOOSE there has to be some hybrid solution here.. flying meat of some kind, i don't know, i'm not an architect of meat solutions.. but we have to find creative solutions, that ease transitions for economical reasons and shit.. maybe highly mobile buns..

Why not both?

Flying easy. Flying fucking sucks. Yeah I'd love to get a leg clot for $300 and 6 hours in your packed fart tube. As long as every private jet gets grounded too.

Definitely meat - I’ve been vegetarian for a very long time and vegan since COVID, and no plans of stopping anytime soon! Flying is a bit more difficult, but I work from home and when my work requires me to travel, I’m lucky that I have the ability to take a train, so I do that. I do like traveling occasionally, and for some of the places I want to go, I can’t realistically avoid flying.

If anyone here is interested in giving up or reducing meat intake but needs a little advice or extra support to get started, please let me know. I’m happy to share any knowledge and tips I can!

I know it's not your question, but we probably don't have to give up either one. Just do a lot less of it. It's a lot easier to convince people to do less or seek viable alternatives than to give it up.

There's also a good chance that both will become greener with better, greener tech.

i gave up meat some 15+ years ago. easy peasy.

I'd give up both. Remember the week of global lockdown and people in India realized they could see the mountain range from their home? Fucking pollution, everywhere had amazing air quality for that week

Fortunately as an individual I don't have to give up either and it's pointless for me as well. As a member of society I will automatically adjust my habits to how we structure society. If society has decided to get rid of cars, then we are free to fly and eat meat while still massively decreasing total greenhouse gases to well below sustainable levels.

For some reason, petroleum industry sponsored "think pieces" like this that proliferate through green communities always structure the problem as an individual one. I wonder why they are always framed that way?

If I got 3x the vacation time from work to let me travel by oceanliner or airship I’d happily stop flying — but that would never happen. So instead we just have to use discretion for both. Eat more mushrooms & beans; take trips closer to home by rail. And yes once in a while enjoy a nice steak or take a trip overseas. Moderation is key.

Since I fly only like once every 20 years, I say neither.

Meat for sure. Giving up flying means giving up seeing my family. Probably one of the last things I would sacrifice, personally.

Meat. I live on the other side of the country from my family, and the only way I can have enough time to visit them is by some form of high speed transit. Since there’s no high speed train in the US, I’m stuck flying.

Givung up meat is 100 times easier.

Every market sells rice, beans, and veggies. But I'm still looking for that trans oceanic passenger ferry.

Flying, I haven't been on a plane in 25 years, and I have no plans to ever get on one again. But I love a good steak.

I'd do both and gladly. I've already reduced both significantly below average.

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I haven't had a reason to fly since 2004, and I last ate meat 3 hours ago. I think my answer is obvious.

Definitely meat. I'm omnivorous now, but have been vegan for years and vegetarian years before that. Its actually ideal if you can afford it/ find the right dumpsters.

I have not found an efficient and fast way to travel across the ocean as i am not an experienced large vessel sailor and/or do not have access to a deep ocean worthy vessel.

If Taylor Swift stops flying how many of us does it count for?

Man, fuck flying.

Flying. I don’t like that shit anyway.

I gave up flying a while ago, so I guess I’ll keep that up.

Is it even possible to give up flying?

i’ve been trying to have less meals with meat. we had delicious butternut squash curry that was flavorful and filling over rice, and i was super proud of it.

then my husband made chicken to put in all the leftovers… 🤦🏻‍♀️

can’t people just fly less private jets please?

Been vegan for 3 years now. I lost my superpowers once when a restaurant gave me cheese when I asked for none. I wasn't going to waste food.

Flying sucks ass. So, I'll give up both?

Meat probably. I need to travel for work.

If forced to choose, I'd give up flying. As I'm scared of it anyway, that makes the most sense. :)

That said, I think that if we all just did less of those things, it would be good too. Take more vacations near home. Eat meat only a few times a week. That sort of thing.

Already more or less against meat and eat seldom. Regardless, cannot give up flying or I'll never see my home country nor family again save for a long af boat ride. 🤷‍♂️

I just hate flying.

The answer is "yes". Only have flown 3 times in my life of 45 years, and to be honest, 2 times was superfluous, disappointing and unnecessary, more than 20 years ago. And meat: I don't need it. I enjoy the hunted meat from my cousins, though, and fish. I'm too soft to butcher our chicken. And my daughter and wife would kill me if I do...

Could I give up meat for year if I plan on going on vacation that year and eat meat on non travel years?

I eat probably 21 meat meals a week. I still choose meat though. Definitely need some ideas for veg recipes. My favorite veg meal I’ve made is shakshouka, but nearly everything else always falls a little flat. What are some of your guys’ favorite recipes?

Airfare has to be the winner here right? With the way our global economy is currently set up we still require airplanes to deliver goods and people vast distances quickly.

I’d much rather eat veggies anyway. I’ve just grown to recently really like vegetables more than the meat part of a meal.

I barely fly as it is... so easy choice

I haven't flown since the late 90s. So meat I guess since we have things that are close enough now.