Are Non-Vegan Diets Environmentally Sustainable?

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Thread discussing if non-vegan diets are sustainable in the modern age and moving forward into the future.

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Animal-based foods are generally more resource-intensive and environmentally impactful to produce than plant-based foods.

Beef production requires 20 times more land and emits 20 times more greenhouse gas emissions per unit of edible protein than common plant-based protein sources such as beans, peas and lentils. Chicken and pork are more resource-efficient than beef, but still require three times more land and emit three times more greenhouse gas emissions than beans. When it comes to resource use and environmental impacts, the type of food eaten matters as much, if not more, than how that food is produced.

 

Environmental impacts based on diet

Land Use based on diet.

Edited February 2, 2018 by MooNiNite

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Yes!