The talking points of the day have gone out. Interestingly, none of the people writing these screeds are talking about giving up their own input of meat and stuff. But, hey, if you’re hungry, you’re compliant, right?
To limit global warming, the global food system must be reimagined
Fossil fuel burning accounts for the majority of global greenhouse gas emissions, and to the world’s credit, several countries are working to reduce their use and the heat-trapping emissions that ensue. The goal is to keep global temperatures under a 1.5° to 2°C increase above preindustrial levels — the upper limits of the Paris Climate Agreement.
If we stopped burning all fossil fuels this minute, would that be enough to keep a lid on global warming?
Acording to UC Santa Barbara ecology professor David Tilman, petroleum energy sources are only part of the picture. In a paper published in the journal Science, Tilman and colleagues predict that even in the absence of fossil fuels, cumulative greenhouse gas emissions could still cause global temperatures to exceed climate change targets in just a few decades.
The source? Our food system.
“Global food demand and the greenhouse gases associated with it are on a trajectory to push the world past the one-and-a-half degree goal, and make it hard to stay under the two degree limit,” said Tilman, who holds a dual appointment at UCSB’s Bren School of Environmental Science & Management and at the University of Minnesota. The world’s growing population as well as its diet are driving food production practices that generate and release massive and increasing amounts of carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. According to the paper, left unchecked, agricultural emissions alone could exceed the 1.5°C limit by about 2050.
If the Modern Socialist elites control the food, they control you. I bet they won’t give up what they’re eating now
“It’s well known that agriculture releases about 30% of all greenhouse gases,” Tilman said. Major sources include deforestation and land clearing, fertilizer overuse and gassy livestock, all of which are increasing as the global population increases. In “high-yield” countries such as the U.S., which have the benefit of large scale modern agriculture, intensive animal farming and heavy-handed fertilizer use are major contributors of greenhouse gases. Meanwhile, in “low yield” countries such as those in sub-Saharan Africa, population growth and increasing affluence are driving demand for more food, and toward more “urban” diets that are richer in meat and meat products, Tilman explained.
Most of that is really not global warming, but, land use and real environmental issues. They won’t tell you that, because it’s not as easy to control your life that way.
- Global food system emissions could preclude achieving the 1.5° and 2°C climate change targets
- Cutting Greenhouse Gases From Food Production Is Urgent, Scientists Say
- Food is one of the most damaging factors of climate change, experts say
- Michigan State hosting discussion on climate change and its impact on food
- Study: Fix to food climate problem doesn’t require veganism
That last one is interesting
Researchers looked at five types of broad fixes to the food system and calculated how much they fight warming. They found that sampling a buffet of partial fixes for all five, instead of just diving into the salad bar, can get the job done, according to a study published in Thursday’s journal Science.
To do this, you’ll be told what you can eat and when you can eat it
Read: Cult Of Climastrology Is Coming After Food Production Again »
Apex police are investigating after a woman found packets of notes and photos, which appear to warn of deadly consequences if Joe Biden and Democrats take power.
Among the many things I have tried but failed to understand about fellow baby boomers who voted for Donald Trump: why they support a president who walked away from leadership on climate change.
Republican lawmakers sounded off on Trump’s suggestions of a preemptive victory after the president gave his remarks.
Key Biscayne residents voted to pass a referendum that would allow the village to issue $100 million in general obligation bonds to deal with the effects of climate change.
Despite coastal flooding, more severe hurricanes, and longer, hotter summers attributed to climate change, the majority of Florida voters on Tuesday chose the presidential candidate who calls climate change a hoax.
Let’s be real. Goliath was never going to let David breeze through the rematch.
