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Switching from beef to chicken isn’t as much of a sustainability flex as you might think | Chicken vs. beef is a false binary (www.salon.com)

submitted 4 months ago by usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to c/environment@beehaw.org

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[–] Nighed@feddit.uk 11 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Is this an American, no animal welfare regulations environmental problem or a global one?

The strange thing here substitution wise is that IMO fake chicken is closer to real chicken in quality than fake beef is (that you can get as mince anyway). So it's easier to substitute out the chicken than the beef.

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Globally, factory farming is dominant

It’s estimated that three-quarters – 74% – of land livestock are factory-farmed. That means that at any given time, around 23 billion animals are on these farms.

https://ourworldindata.org/how-many-animals-are-factory-farmed

You'll find the environmental effects are more so categorical than because of how its produced

How do the distributions between plant-based and meat-based sources compare?

Plant-based protein sources – tofu, beans, peas and nuts – have the lowest carbon footprint. This is certainly true when you compare average emissions. But it’s still true when you compare the extremes: there’s not much overlap in emissions between the worst producers of plant proteins, and the best producers of meat and dairy.

https://ourworldindata.org/less-meat-or-sustainable-meat

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago

this uses poore nemecek 2018 and so it can be safely ignored

[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Yeah, and wheat meat is not only cheap as hell, but gluten has like double the protein per gram than the dead animal flesh