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A tweet by some news company saying “Your bowl of rice is hurting the climate too.” It has a link to an article and a picture of a bowl of rice. It has a quote saying “Should I just die”
A tweet by some news company saying “Your bowl of rice is hurting the climate too.” It has a link to an article and a picture of a bowl of rice. It has a quote saying “Should I just die”
Rice agriculture uses a lot of water and also releases methane.
absolutely. in a lot of ways this is like how almond milk is not a sustainable alternative to milk, but a less damaging alternative to milk. rice can be part of a sustainable diet so long as you diversify your diet. our problem as a species is largely that our societies can’t help but lean into monocultures.
Yep, and factoring in what foods are grown close to you and are in season is also important. Transporting food around the world is a huge part of the carbon footprint.
Logistics is 4.8%
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590174524001399
I remember looking up plant based milk alternatives and being surprised how well almond milk does in environmental impact. I think it was battling oats and soy, and depending on the source, the first/second/third place were changing. Iirc the explanation was that you actually need really little almonds to make a liter of almond milk.
Rice, coconut, cashew etc all had a worse environmental impact, but of course, everything was better than cow’s milk.
(Mind you, it might have been that I used a German source for that, I’m going to try to look it up again.)