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Eating less Meat won't save the Planet. Here's Why

Joseph Everett - WIL · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Climate policy, solutions & debateEnvironment, agriculture & food systemsNutrition & diet science

What it is

Joseph Everett, with Dr. Frank Mitloehner, argues that eating less meat will not do much for the climate. He covers beef's water footprint, land and feed use, and methane.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters recommend it as a counterpoint to claims about beef's environmental cost, though some critique its methane argument.

  • 10 people recommended it
  • 8 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “I was much more concerned about my beef consumption before watching this WIL video. It put things in perspective for me.”

    Puts beef water, land, and nutrition calculations in perspective.

    AI_Overlord_, 2021-04 · Strong recommendation · in “Epicurious Will No Longer Publish Beef Recipes”

  2. “This video changed my mind in the opposite direction.”

    Argues meat abstention matters little versus food waste.

    iptpus, 2021-05 · Strong recommendation · in “The Brazilian Amazon has 'flipped' to become major producer of greenhouse gasses”

  3. “Misleading -- 94% of the water that's "used" to produce beef is just rainwater”

    Argues most beef water footprint is rainwater.

    ibeckermayer, 2021-04 · Recommendation · in “Millions of Groundwater Wells Could Run Dry”

  4. “This was a great video concerning those claims above....”

    Great video on the cited emissions, water, land claims.

    hourislate, 2021-05 · Recommendation · in “Beyond Meat’s Beyond Burger life cycle assessment (2018)”

  5. “goes in-depth into inflated carbon footprints like these and can explain it more concise than I can.”

    In-depth explanation of inflated carbon footprint figures.

    JohnWhigham, 2021-06 · Recommendation · in “G7 nations committing billions more to fossil fuel than green energy”

  6. “I'll save you the time (though you should watch it).”

    Explains feed is byproducts and land is often unsuitable for crops.

    emacsen, 2021-08 · Recommendation · in “Climate change: IPCC report is 'code red for humanity'”

  7. “Here’s a 20 min video to show you why”

    20 minute rebuttal of article's narrative.

    spydr, 2021-10 · Recommendation · in “Treating beef like coal would make a big dent in greenhouse-gas emissions”

  8. “See this video for some more common misconceptions, if you're interested”

    More common misconceptions about livestock feed and waste.

    taejavu, 2021-11 · Recommendation · in “Which type of plant-based milk is best?”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: beef, greenhouse gas emissions, water use, methane, diet and climate

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