Why beef is the worst food for the climate

Avoiding high-emission foods can have a bigger climate impact than any other consumption change.
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Our consumption habits emit billions of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Our diets account for one-fourth of those emissions.
The food we eat emits so many greenhouse emissions because of the land it takes to grow it, but it also has something to do with biology. This video explains why the production of some foods emit more than others, and which foods to avoid to be a more climate-conscious consumer.
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[@sankalpakoirala5629]

"Don't eat beef." Hindus: You know I am somewhat of an environmentalist myself.

[@reckitt9173]

Cow milk is also contributor to green house gas emissions. That means you must also give up diary products also. Consuming dairy product is also consider as NON-VEG.

[@MrAizatazmi]

Percapita india produce lesser pollution than western country

[@raviahuja9287]

@@dotpls and then u do sm research and find out that per captial emission of US and Saudi is much much larger than India

[@dotpls]

Ravi Ahuja that's irrelevant because ur country is far more overpopulated than the US and SA. I've been to india and the moment i stepped out of my plane it was hard to breathe, and i couldn't see 1km into the distance because of smog.

[@hanschan1433]

Bhuddism:I’m withbrother

[@liete-sl2wg]

As an Asian I was panicking seeing rice there

[@biomutarist6832]

Well rice isn't innocent either...

[@tea5020]

Literally same

[@habibainunsyifaf6463]

@@biomutarist6832 then what should we eat? We usually eat a combination of nuts, veggies and rices along with some meat. Wheat arent that far from rice in terms of emission anyway.

[@biomutarist6832]

@@habibainunsyifaf6463 wasn't saying we shouldn't eat, but that rice farming has an impact too.

[@liete-sl2wg]

@@biomutarist6832 yeah , but it's not gonna change the fact that I eat rice everyday .

[@spectacularspaghetti1849]

When your internet is down so you have to make the graph yourself:

[@ManjunathManja1227]

Microsoft: let's make presentations easy way. Vox: hold my scissors and papers.

[@meetpatel-lf8dh]

💣

[@ashishmaheshwari9618]

Wth dude....i'll give her 10 extra points 110/100 just for her efforts to explain such a serious issue. Also those chart making skills that school taught us must be useful/utilized somewhere right?

[@chriswatson3464]

I'm holding!

[@Shadowhunter82767]

When I went to college I almost automatically cut down on eating meat because it was so expensive.

[@zack7122]

and that's WITH all the government subsidies! choose fruits, veggies, nuts & grains instead 🌱

[@martyr3378]

zack and have extremely low brain growth and muscle mass

[@AS-bb7ey]

Martyr there’s nuts, pulses and legumes. And eggs. Not eating meat isn’t going to make you small brained and weedy

[@Tenatic-X]

Martyr, lol you know proteins and other vitamins from meat can be found in other forms of food right? Otherwise the population of vegetarians especially vegans would be very small or non existent.

[@darktea3744]

@@martyr3378 yeah, because boy the herbivore dinosaurs sure were weak huh?

[@alecgross12]

Vox: the foods that contribute most to climate change are beef... Me: Yes! I don’t eat beef! Vox: ...and coffee and chocolate. Me: 😟

[@dominicaubrey-jones2880]

Although the figures are per kilo and a kilo of coffee makes a lot of cups- that's how I'm trying to justify it to myself anyway

[@ThyBookie]

But boy do I eat a lot of chocolate...

[@Axel-qz2rj]

Also you can buy organic fair trade chocolate and coffee which have a smaller impact because they don't deforestate tropical forests and use less harsh chemicals / fertilizers

[@jessyrandal2378]

I wonder how much of the chocolate is due to animal products like milk being used while processing it.

[@TinyWorlds]

@joaohumbg Thanks now I feel less bad haha.

[@karanbhoyar4802]

me : laugh in Indian.

[@markm5758]

@karan bhoyar *bengalis and North-easterners have entered the chat*

[@hnys7976]

Indians dont eat beef but there is like 200 million Cows in India. That itself is too much emissions.

[@giedriusgu7033]

@@hnys7976 Thats why i thought he shouldn't laugh in Indian, cause his country also contributes a lot in gas emissions with cows.

[@TheRealCartman1]

Have you figured out how to use a toilet or do just squat down in the street and drop off a load?

[@sedb0ix]

Eric Cartman so mature of you to sit and make fun of a country based on stereotypical thoughts.

[@anandaditya479]

when I was young, I used to think how nice it is for westerners to eat meat for so cheap, that they can eat it on daily basis, but now I am thankful for having rich vegetarian culture.

[@leaveme3559]

I don't think u get this but u r a part of the problem because u eat dairy food too

[@Patchow]

Meat industry is soo heavily subsidised by tax payer money. It’s not even profitable but government always bailing farmers out. Disgusting.

[@ZopcsakFeri]

Most western countries have a rich vegan culture - you literally have to be rich to afford it!

[@milesandrews6711]

@@ZopcsakFeri that might be because we haven't commit enough mono-culture to grow the vegetables and fruits to feed a country meat farming is just more space effecient and we gonna need to do it in a better way before we can commit

[@Andrew-hx9tz]

@@milesandrews6711 it's actually just not true at all. The cheapest foods on the planet are vegan foods. If you want prepackaged garbage then sure..its just as expensive as non vegan prepackaged garbage. Also monocroping is a horrible way to grow food.

[@humrau5505]

Vox: 'Don't eat beef' Me who lives in a country where beef is unpopular and expensive : 'ok'

[@ifurkend]

India

[@Partytime60]

In India Muslims are being killed for cows and beefs and this guy is asking such a question....Seriously...

[@varecksantana7021]

@@ifurkend you can't even buy it ... it's god for hindus .. somethin' like that

[@NonSecular]

@@Partytime60 they deserve that, they r becoming a source of global warming

[@shafayat1004]

Me who lives in a country where beef is loved and in a region with the best beef in the country..... 'yeahhh, cycling and public transport is the way to go' 😃

[@JamesStJake]

I appreciate that you linked the videos of animal burping.

[@rafiali7466]

You American and European use toilet pepar that contribute most to climate change. We in Asia just wash with water

[@holyvicar]

@@rafiali7466 this is really off-topic but yeah I don't get why people are using toilet papers

[@jedimmj11]

Gotta cite your sources

[@kevinkurnias]

I could say this is the best way to describe it : American : *uses toilet paper* Asian : f****** Primitive

[@ushdhyxywb]

@@kevinkurnias Japan: *2075*

[@BlackMesaEmployee]

Vox: "don't eat beef" Me, who lives in a family of beef farmers: *confused sweating*

[@aealaeddin]

Governments need to protect cow farmers economically as their business might become obsolete/reduced as part of any halfway decent environmental plan

[@francesvonstackelberg4070]

Any chance you can branch out into other livestock?

[@flyinghorseshoe7767]

Go vegan my man.

[@hellboy2529]

You can slowly shift to a different profession

[@Elradon]

LauraEtarhienyo sounds like a psychological issue to me. It can also be a physical issue but that sounds unlikely.

[@harrymaher9718]

is co2 per kilogram the best measurement? I feel like co2 per calorie may be a better measurement. Some fruits have so much water that they're very heavy, but don't provide much energy, so it's not a fair comparison. I'm not defending beef though!

[@tiobolha]

Of course is not! This is why this does not make sense...

[@akapple2698]

Kurzgesagt does that in their meat video and they state that there isn’t much of a difference. I haven’t looked at the sources though

[@user-kf3is7bt2v]

Eating less meat won’t save the planet

[@stepevepen]

Or express it on protein basis and things change dramatically.

[@johnnysilverhand7292]

Hindus: They called me a madman

[@yadavdinesh3390]

😂😂😂

[@hamzasaghir2961]

All is fun and games until you realize India accounts for 18% of the world's beef exports. :/

[@arthas7]

@@hamzasaghir2961 business is business

[@manjunathmmp]

@@hamzasaghir2961 Well I think most of them in India don't produce beef on purpose. The cows that are not capable or out of their milk producing capacity are the ones that are sent to slaughter house. Considering the fact that there is no industrial size cow farming nor cows bought up just for the sake of meat, India is better compared to what Brazil is doing.

[@yousufmalik110]

@@manjunathmmp you are not awear about the situation in states like uttar Pradesh Bihar and other states , where cows and raised to be sold in meat market.

[@mariapizzaa]

I really love how you created a physical bar graph instead of just using computer genrtated ones

[@roundhatrover35]

Thanks for mentioning this!

[@gauravkumawat7962]

I actually hated and disliked video because of this, they have no content so they show us boring cutting and pasting. They could have shown us cool animations like kuezgesagt but I guess they are lazy, especially the lady in the video.

[@puddingmaster444]

@@gauravkumawat7962 Thanks for sharing!

[@wishiwereheather7686]

Gaurav Kumawat they are not lazy, it would of took a lot of effort to make the graph by hand and it would of been much easier to do it digitally. I personally really love this format and think this video had great content.

[@NKDpiano]

If they produced the graphs digitally, the video would have been half the length.

[@anikxx]

me, a Hindu : *sees video title, immediately hits the like button*

[@Amer-uw1hx]

* Lynches done poor guy while being the largest beef exporter *

[@saagenn]

@@Amer-uw1hx *carabeef exporter

[@saagenn]

@@user-ei3su5zs8z(milk) 10% methane gas ...it too less when compared to beef

[@inamdarsaquib9528]

@@Amer-uw1hx true 😂. They are protecting cows for religious perpose, and finding reason for that. Idk what will they do with so much cows.

[@shiv4781]

@@inamdarsaquib9528 Ofcourse both religious and environmental reasons. Any problem madrasachop ?

[@WhatIveLearned]

How many of you are familiar with these concepts? *Marginal Land vs. Arable Land* Many people ask why not use the land to grow food for humans?" *Because you can't.* -Around 30% of land on the earth is agricultural land (useable for the purpose of making food, the rest is junk). -Take 66% of that 30% of land. That is "marginal land." - Marginal land is not suitable for growing crops due to soil quality or not enough water etc. So what can you do with it? -You can have cows graze on the cellulose on this land (again, this land is not suitable for growing edible crops), and turn that cellulose into protein and various nutrients humans need. *Ruminant Upcycling* -33% of that agricultural land mentioned above can be used for crops. (Nice.) This is called "arable land." -Though, for every 100lbs of human food produced from crops on this land, roughly 37 lbs of inedible plant byproduct is produced. -Cows can eat this inedible plant matter and turn it into protein. -Worthless cellulose + Cow = Human Food *Biogenic Carbon Cycle* in a nutshell: -Methane has stronger warming potential than CO2 so cow burp is bad, right? Well... -Plants capture carbon from the atmosphere via photosynthesis -Cows eat the plant, take the carbon. -Cows burp out the carbon in the form of methane (remember methane is CH4 - Carbon, 4 Hydrogens) -12 yeas later, Methane is broken down back into carbon dioxide via hydroxyl oxidation. *These carbon molecules are the same molecules that were in the plant the Cow ate. It's a natural cycle. (By the way, the carbon dioxide added to the environment by burning fossil fuels (not part of any life cycle) stays in the atmosphere for 200 〜 1000 years)

[@JodyBruchon]

You're doing the Lord's work, son. This comment should be far more highly rated. Thanks for your video on this subject.

[@benowen8321]

@@JodyBruchon People don't care about truth. It makes me very sad and depressed that people will ignore this. We learned about the life cycle as children, yet supposed educated professionals and governments are spreading these lies. I can forgive people not knowing the difference between arable and marginal soil though.

[@garrusn7702]

The land that cattle live on being suitable or not for human crop growing doesn’t change that a 3rd of all edible crops grown are fed to cattle. Which is more than we would need to replace the foods we get from the animals. Because they are just that inefficient. That also doesn’t change that land not being suitable for crops doesn’t make it okay or sustainable to destroy it by wiping out its ecosystem to put down cattle ranches.

[@garrusn7702]

The methane being broken down would only be relevant if the levels of methane being emitted were to fall. . .otherwise you just have a sustained rise in methane levels.

[@garrusn7702]

And about the ruminant up cycling. . .okay, but that byproduct is not what sustains cows. As stated before, a third of all human edible crops are grown to feed livestock specifically. Which is more calories and nutrition than they provide. . .also being able to eat some waste doesn’t change any of that.

[@TheKlinsman1996]

I thought I couldn't let eating beef because I love it so much, but actually after a month of start a mediterranean diet (basically less "american" food) I don't even think about it. There are so many food that you can like and it's good for you and the environment.

[@ocelot8611]

I've drastically cut down on eating meat and especially beef too. I eventually relented and made spaghetti bolognese the other day but it gave me an upset stomach and felt bloated. Making the jump to a beef free diet isn't going to be too hard although I will miss the taste of a good steak.

[@Infoseek777]

I just keep beef as a special treat once a week and that works great for me :)

[@clarice2815]

there are so much more options than just plain veganism or vegetarianism

[@Wooplot]

Good

[@lovelypacific]

Will H yes what people don’t realize is how fast your tastebuds and stomach digestion changed. that’s why people who are vegan and vegetarian have sometimes gotten very sick when they’re “friends” fed them meat/dairy as a prank

[@damnson6151]

Vox: "...It's the worst thing to eat during climate change, this is Beef" Hindus: *Allow us to introduce ourselves* Edit: thanks for 600 likes and I have started a huge arguement lol

[@MadhuSudhan014]

Hindus don't eat beef, yes. They rear cattle for milk etc. and that's enough for climate change.

[@johnpauljones1528]

@@MadhuSudhan014 Milk doesnt score high on Carbon emission chart, dear southern friend of mine!

[@waterbottle8692]

Indians still have enormous amounts of cattle. They use them for other purposes but the contribution to climate change is the same

[@nabilhuda4708]

Allow us to introduce the irony of indian Hindu. Don't eat beef.. but one of the biggest exporters.. contributing equally if not more to climate change.

[@mirrorflame1988]

@@nabilhuda4708 Actually all Beef exporters are predominantly Muslim or Christian aka parts of Kerala, UP, etc.

[@LukeCharsley]

For those wondering if coffee/chocolate is worse for the environment than most animal products, remember that a filter coffee uses between 15-18 grams of coffee, whereas the average serving of meat in a main is more like 150-220 grams. The chart is comparing products per kg.

[@michip.904]

But the 15 - 18 grams of coffee is just a useless drug. So if meat gets forbidden, we also have to forbid coffee, alcohol, cannabis, sweets and junk food. 😉

[@ggplata]

Sounds like someone trying to justify their caffeine addiction.

[@sybrandwoudstra9236]

220 grams does sound like a lot.

[@darkowl9]

Bart: “Don’t have a cow, man” Prophetic?

[@marc_1285]

People who tweeted “Pray for the Amazon” while eating in Mc Donals. I hope they watch this.

[@OzmaPlus]

Really good bigmac btw but pray for the Amazon was mostly about how the Brazilian government has the evil plan to make more agriculture not just for cattle, also corn, rice and some other grains, I learn portuguese and I watch news from Brazil so that's how I know.

[@garymingy8671]

Eat the bats cats an rats !

[@schwuischwui]

Listen bud, we won’t take you seriously if you pridefully tell people to go vegan.

[@phamviet7905]

Pork burgers incoming

[@schwuischwui]

Gary Mingy that was an awful time to comment, no bats please.

[@heavyweaponsguy21]

You could do sequel to episode about crops that require the most water. We have many places in the world that have had or are facing zero days. In Australia, we have a '"water buyback" scheme for the Murray-Darling Basin (Australia's food bowl. Which stretches from Queensland through NSW all the way to Victoria). It was meant to be a way of balancing the use of water by limiting the volume of water that farmers could extract from the river. The government 'buys back' water entitlements from growers, thereby reducing the amount of water taken from the river. Now you don't need to be a farmer to own water entitlements, in fact the Chinese and the US are the biggest investors in our water entitlements. The government was caught paying $80 million of tax payers money to company that is registered to the Cayman Islands. Last year during our summer (which is very dry) water stopped flowing in the rivers causing large blue-green algae blooms which starved oxygen to all the fish. Millions of fish were killed and seen floating in the river. While there was a drought and lot of finger pointing on to blame, what we need to remember is that the basin can only support so much. Why are we growing things like cotton, chestnuts and rice? Things that require so much water. We should be growing things that suit our climate. This is why a follow up video to this one but about water usage I think is important for people to know.

[@flynnjohn553]

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[@hiteshkaushik4563]

You have a point. They plant cotton, rice etc because we buy it.

[@visheshbansal3247]

That was informative. What is it that you do? Are you a researcher or some sort?

[@avinashkhetri9575]

+

[@TheKardred]

Then again cattle has to be fed as well. And water is again used to grow food for them. I don't know the numbers, not an expert. Of course if we stopped eating beef for example more of other water consuming food would have to be produced. The question is what is the equasion. Which industry would use more water. Your comment is insightful but things always expand further. My conclusion always ends up on an argument that land is not to be used as we use it. There is a reason why Australian indeginous people lived the way they have. In some inhospitable lands we are not able to play god, or not play him for a certain time.

[@thisboyhasmemes4316]

that moment you realize that india has the most cows and they aint killing them

[@TerenceMichaelReeves]

And yet, their emissions are a fraction that of the USA's, both in terms of per-capita and in total.

[@burhan1527]

@@TerenceMichaelReeves yes but you guys make up for that by burning crops every year in winter.

[@TerenceMichaelReeves]

@@burhan1527 "you guys"?

[@anwarmi2000]

Actually, there is a misunderstanding about contribution of beef in green house emissions specific to Indian context. The statement "beef industry causes global warming" is only true in West, where there is seperate industrial livestock farming for meat. Those breed are fast-growing high weight-gaining category specially grown for meat. They are not much useful for dairy industry, which has other type of breeds. In India, there is no industrial livestock farming for beef. Almost all methane emissions in India is from cattle grown for milk. Our dairy farmers and farms give them for slaughter only once they run dry (no more able to produce milk) which forms major part of beef supply in India. For small farmers, this is the money they use to buy next cow. In fact, beef consumption in India helps reduce methane emission, because they remove such cattle from population, which otherwise will continue to emit it. Point is, dairy farms are major culprits. If anybody genuinely cares about this issue, the best way is reverse "White revolution" and promote reduction milk consumption.

[@TerenceMichaelReeves]

@@anwarmi2000 fascinating context, thanks!

[@hahhuh8905]

Meanwhile me: *Slowly stopping eating the cheeseburger*

[@BrendiuxCastaneda]

someone woke up especially hillarious today. .

[@royisdabest]

yo give me that chesseburger

[@Amatersuful]

Just get buffalo or ostrich taste the same

[@NavneetRingania_from_Guwahati]

Hindus: We banned beef before it was cool Environmentalists: Farming them for milk is also not recommended

[@peachila]

Good point!

[@creativeclub2023]

Environmentalists: Farming Humans is also not safe for earth. Philosophers and scientists: some Humans are most cunning and deadliest animals on earth.

[@rishabhchopra3167]

@Vishwas Singh How does that make a difference on cow's digestion process ? Just curious.

[@UpenShenoy]

. A cow produces milk almost through out her lifetime, unlike beef which is just one time. So the amount of cows required to supply milk to entire world would be microscopic compared to the number of cows required to feed the meat eaters.

[@NavneetRingania_from_Guwahati]

@@UpenShenoy Valid point. I think milk had a lot lesser carbon footprint than beef but wanted to know the figure for 1 KG of milk as well.

[@jakeothy]

I’d argue simply removing beef from fast food would drastically improve emissions as a first step.

[@thatkidinthestripes]

So it turns out those Chick-fil-a cows were onto something...

[@rinhayashi7685]

Yeah but ask yourself, “would people/companies want that?” A company’s main goal is to make money, and if let’s say McDonalds suddenly decided that they would stop selling beef products (Quarter pounders, Big Macs, etc), they lost a lot of their selling point. People would stop buying their food and you know, McDonald’s would lose money. It’s just not that simple.

[@cameron7938]

@@rinhayashi7685 I think people eat beef because it is offered and just makes a positive feedback loop

[@msiankid]

That's exactly why education is required. Once you've educated the public, more and more people will avoid beef and the beef burgers in McDonald's would lose market share, making them consider more alternative options. It doesn't take much, if everyone watching this video skips out on beef for something else, there will be a dent in McDonald's P/L statement every year and they will change the menu.

[@rinhayashi7685]

Christopher Chew even if the public was educated on such matters, would people even want to change? A lot of people enjoy McDonald’s and even if they were educated on this, they probably wouldn’t care too much. Even after this video, I don’t think I would ever completely cut out beef from my life. It’s too good.

[@jeremyparame8718]

"sees rice" Asian: *confused sweating*

[@shivasundar]

Really man, you gonna compare 60 with 5 - it is *twelve* times! And like the other comment, you can feed a lot more people with just 1 cup of rice (2 people can have a good lunch)

[@MudithBhandari]

Hats off to the design and graphics team! Everything is so smooth

[@roompa2271]

It pains me to see that the beautiful Amazon forest is being cut down for agricultural purposes and snatching away the homes of thousands of indigenous plants, insects, animals, birds, etc.

[@pseudonamed]

and humans! they are losing their homelands and some of them are being murdered by foresters and ranchers.

[@royisdabest]

boohoo

[@2kmichaeljordan438]

Sadly the farmers have to because Brazil’s president isn’t doing anything about it.

[@pseudonamed]

@@2kmichaeljordan438 the farmers have to murder people?? what??

[@2kmichaeljordan438]

R M. No, destroy the forest

[@adriannafitzgerald3252]

I've already cut beef out of my diet because it makes my stomach upset and it isnt even that good. My next step is to reduce the amount of chicken I eat and switch to plant based milks

[@Zoe-sn9tb]

You won't regret it! Plant based milks are so good

[@jpe1]

Adrianna Fitzgerald I will echo Zoe Swan and say yes, plant milks are delicious! I personally love a coconut/almond milk blend, but there are many many choices out there. The surprise benefit for me when I stopped consuming dairy products was that some mild joint pain that I had blamed on “getting old” (I’m over 50) all went away. I truly feel better, less pain and fatigue, now that I eat only plants.

[@MinttMeringue]

Coolio! Personally, my favorite is Ripple (a split pea milk). But you should try multiple and find what you like.

[@sigursberget3777]

Cool but who asked

[@MrRamkulov]

there is no such thing as 'plant based milk'

[@anunaykumar9736]

Forget beef most people I know haven't even tasted chicken in life

[@nexlord2036]

lol

[@The-ct1xq]

Me too

[@karthikburli3052]

That's why India's pollution is not because of Agriculture and ironically most of the rural population does farming in our country. It is mostly because of industrial pollution and Tourism Industry and poor waste management. If we ace this, our country can be cleaner than most of Europe and America

[@maknyc1539]

chicken is the most cruel meat to eat.

[@romanbatista3286]

@@karthikburli3052 fully agreed

[@greenspan11111]

They will take your Burgers & BBQ's away, don't let them!

[@ndrthrdr1]

I don’t eat dead cows.

[@samirah278]

You dont have to completely quit beef. If everyone reduces their intake a little, it will make a big difference. People forget that we need more people making little changes rather than fewer people switching up their whole lifestyle. If you want to help, don't let "quitting" certain things be the reason against helping. Just reduce your intake

[@cloudy-yi5wq]

This video is gonna get millions of views but the majority is going to do nothing with this knowledge

[@BudderB0y2222]

Cause it tastes good

[@abelrozario2073]

It's won't cross 500k

[@prasadpawar7027]

Beef is banned in many states of India. Although cows are still used for milk products. I don't know whether that reduces carbon footprint or not.

[@Divya7434]

India is still housing heaps of cows for dairy products and rituals. they are no better just because they have a different use for them sadly

[@DilipDU]

Yes, the cow is used only for milk in India but in western countries, it is also used as beef. Just like she said we can't completely remove the carbon emission done by our food but can reduce it. So now maybe you can understand the problem.

[@harshitgupta8588]

Yogi Adityanath liked the video

[@Zibonnn]

*Vox:* We are bored at home. Let's build some graphs in real life.

[@prajwalgurung866]

@Bob Smith then you are worse than trash. Sitting inside your home doing nothing. Commenting negativity.

[@BerryCrush19]

Vox creativity 101

[@TheAstronomyDude]

TLDR: McDonalds is destroying the planet.

[@solderbuff]

You can simply order Filet-o-Fish at McDonalds.

[@farisrahmadian]

And destroying human body

[@veroist_]

ShoLKAN Socialist edgyboi detected

[@marianoguy]

Nah, it's us. The demand

[@rewer]

Here in malaysia, mcdonalds offer 2 type of chicken burgers.

[@AvicusRoss]

Sería interesante también que publicaran los links a los estudios que respalden los datos mostrados en el vídeo.

[@sharpmvg6861]

Rice produces methane gasses at a pretty large rate, its worse than what its portrayed as in this graph.

[@AntrikshPratihar]

BJP sponsored video 😂 (Indians will get the joke!)

[@mountainmemories8425]

😂🤣

[@rutvikrs]

Godi Vox

[@Sahin3x]

B&D vox

[@Sahin3x]

xD

[@TheFourthWinchester]

Muslims will cry now.

[@joelholzhausen8377]

I went vegetarian at the beginning of the year because I wanted to help the environment. Definitely not going back.

[@citruscomb]

Good step! Even better would be going all the way to vegan (dairy is still a huge emitter! Eggs not so much, but still bad enough.) But good on you~

[@2kmichaeljordan438]

I saw this from a another KZbin reply but you can Likely stay vegan for 60 more years due to bad farming practices, like adding things that make the plant grow faster. There white oak pastures that take more carbon out than going into the atmosphere. So it could somehow be better to be a meat eater. It also tastes SOOOOO much better! I’m not trying to stop you from going vegan. Do what you want to do! I don’t even know you!

[@beef-jerky]

Huh, you might wanna switch back, if you want I can tell you why

[@Clearbluetropical]

ZFG Jerky why

[@beef-jerky]

@@Clearbluetropical Vegetarian/Vegan Farming is unsustainable. Because farms will exclusively grow plants, that leads to soil degradation, the only to stop soil degradation is to rotate crops, with animals. While crop rotation does slow down soil degradation, it doesn't stop it, without using the right crop combination.

[@zsakri-mb1ru]

Wow- Thanks for the Malayalam subtitles 😂😂😂

[@mr.fucker4914]

My mind ain't changing. Still eatin' beef.

[@randombanana640]

yes but try to eat less

[@hulahoop3237]

username checks out..

[@mr.fucker4914]

@@hulahoop3237 Got me there, lol........ nope. Still not changing there, hoopy.

[@xemmyQ]

im too poor to afford beef so ive done my part

[@wyjenden]

Good take on a complex topic. I would really like to see emissions per calorie instead of kilogram. Or compare the emissions of different 2000 calorie diets, one plant based, one with govt recommended servings, a keto diet, etc. More like this please!

[@coopaloopvt]

I agree that the 1kg scale doesn’t tell the whole story. 1kg of coffee is a month’s worth of consumption for a caffeine head. 1 kg of beef is a couple large steak dinners

[@jmhudgens1]

This was exactly my thought. Humans have to have a certain number of calories a day and meat has a much higher caloric density than other foods. When you take that into consideration, certain meats at least might actually be better for the environment. Just a note - I'm not trying to take away anything from the video. The creator obviously did a lot of research to reach her conclusions and this information is very compelling.

[@AstroBax]

@@jmhudgens1 Well, if you're trying to get your calories through coffee, you're in for a ride (to the nearest hospital)... :D

[@gabrielmachadobsb]

@@cv4981 the problem with food waste is that it's not a bug, it's a feature. Capitalism thrives on manufactured scarcity

[@siiriv6750]

@@jmhudgens1 well anything is better than beef but the most sustainable diet is vegan the second best is vegetarian. Growing and consuming plants takes up less space and produces less emissions over all. We would need globally around four times less land than we currently use for agriculture if we were to all go vegan or vegetarian and that is if we were to feed every single person on this planet.

[@FRISHR]

Now I know what Bart Simpson meant when he said “Don’t have a cow, man!”

[@Jihyewise]

It was interesting that among the things we could practice, changing our eating habits would have a greater impact on greenhouse gas reduction

[@bajabicycle]

Vox: “Consider cutting out beef” *Chickfila has entered the chat*

[@WeissM89]

Switching climate change for pandemics. Sounds great.

[@righthandstep5]

Not gonna happen. Just lessen beef and add more ants!

[@m8nshoes]

Chick fil a is homophobic tho.... and their styrofoam cups are really wasteful too :" |

[@russellrobinson519]

When they were showing the worst foods to consume I was just like please don't be pizza.

[@marianoguy]

Vegan pizza!

[@kevintrang3007]

@@marianoguy Pizza without cheese?

[@marianoguy]

@@kevintrang3007 pizza with vegan cheese

[@fantastic9346]

@@marianoguy Amy's has really good vegan pizza!

[@ASBlueful]

If the pizza is vegan, there is nothing you have to be worried about

[@livelove928]

It’s amazing they can convince people it’s beef and cows that are the issue, not the resorts, huge malls or private jets. Not the extreme Amazon deliveries of anything that companies profit off of smh. The don’t 🤔 think of any of this when they build a new restaurant that sells beef or late supermarkets.

[@ananyavaibhav6355]

We cannot stop climate change without addressing the points you mentioned but we also cannot stop climate change without addressing beef production

[@derekcullin357]

I can't completely cut beef out of my diet I just can't. I think one of the problems is essentially there's just too many people. We should stop handing out money to people that irresponsibly have children and can't afford them. The most people the better

[@MyName-bw1kz]

I love meat. Beef was common in my diet until last January when I started my vegetarian diet. Surprisingly, I didn't miss eating meat at all. Of course, you have to plan what you need to eat. But so far, I'm doing and feeling amazing.

[@democracydignityhumanrights]

My Name hey that’s great I don’t eat much beef anymore but I do still eat chicken and fish.

[@democracydignityhumanrights]

We can most certainly keep poultry looking at this chart we just need to have right policies and regulations put in place to lower the land usage change.

[@nicolassalazar457]

Good for you brother ! That's what is all about. Cheers

[@axe5745]

*when you don't eat beef or drink coffee but you're a chocolate addict* 👀

[@infiresmaaan4360]

I can live without beef but *not chocolate*

[@SeazBreeze]

In absolute numbers your individual coffee or chocolate consumption doesn't make a huge difference, because it's not even close to the number of kilogramms of other foods like cheese you consume.

[@nimrod1evron]

If you have avaliable fair trade chocolate that will be much better, as choclate itself isn't as harmful as the mainstream industry that chooses to grow it it a way that causes deforestation. Also dark chocolate is friendlier to the envirnoment as it avoids dairy (cows)

[@nelzelpher2088]

What do you mean by being a chocolate addict? Do you chow down straight dark chocolate bars? Or just eat alot of chocolate based candy like twix and kit-kats.

[@axe5745]

@@nelzelpher2088 I eat straight chocolate every day, except when I don't have it at my house. Sometimes it's a bar, other times it's half.

[@chb2005]

And all the vegans go, “Duh!”

[@wearebacteria]

all the slaves*

[@biodieseler1]

Brazilian Beef = Bad. (Because of huge land use change and intensive farming practices) In the UK cattle are mostly farmed on marginal land which is unsuitable for crop farming. By feeding cows by grazing in pastures, with winter feed made from human crop food by-products, UK beef farming can actually capture CO2 by building soil volume. As for direct animal gas emissions, there are hundreds of millions of ruminants and other gas producing animals in the world and there have always been that many, even in prehistoric times. Buy well farmed, local beef and you also eliminate the distribution emissions! So ... UK Beef = Good.

[@youthisreadwrong2274]

Can we take a moment to appreciate how neat and organized the graphic is? If it were me I assure you it would’ve been a mess

[@peterbrehmj]

its very nice, but excel can do this for you... I wonder why she chose do make physical visuals.

[@ricktd6891]

It's all lies.

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

As a student studying Geology and Climate Science in school, it makes me really sad how much people deny global warming. It’s not hard to understand. Earth is a greenhouse naturally thanks to CO2, O2, CH4, N2O, and others. Without them Earth won’t be habitable, but add too much, you offset the climate. Everything is balanced. But humans are dramatically offsetting that balance and sending Earths into rapid warming 20x faster than the rate it took us heading into the PETM 56 million years ago. When our planet was 3° to 4° cooler 20,000 years ago, North America was covered in an ice sheet several hundred feet thick, the modern Holoence gave rise to modern humanity, 4° or 5°C hotter than today in just a century. Human civilization will struggle. And it sickens me when people say “it’s a scam a hoax” when scientists are trying to address an issue, science is important, it saves lives, being in denial, you cause problems. I really wish sometimes people in politics were actual scientists so we can fix these problems. Climate change is real and the solution is easier than the problem but either people are ignorant or just don’t care and don’t act. I’m not saying we have 12 years to live, and humanity (maybe) could adapt to it, but why risk it and make our future generations suffer? While Global Warming and Cooling events in Earths history have never completely wiped out life on Earth. They have been responsible for mass extinction events nearly every time. It’s ridiculous, science denial is dangerous.

[@s29nv1sr1]

You said the solution is easier than the problem. Do you have any potential ideas, and do you agree with this video (that we should reduce beef consumption)? Just curious :)

[@terrainvictus1210]

@@s29nv1sr1 just make synthetic plant based meat.

[@Bananappleboy]

Plant based meat is still far in the future though. We do have some experiments done with making meat from plants, but to release them to the public will take time and money.

[@terrainvictus1210]

@@Bananappleboy there's actually one that taste like meat to prove my point I'll show you a video

[@davsalooki5487]

@@terrainvictus1210 plany based meats are not mass produced yet. They are rare in countries other than usa

[@himanshusirohi2403]

Meanwhile Indians are feeling proud of the their rich heritage which day by day is proving more scientific. That's why Hinduism doesn't allow the consumption of not only beef but whole non veg. And Cows are sacred.

[@sorryminati4719]

Non veg isn't strictly barred :3

[@the80386]

hinduism does not ban consumption of animal products though

[@himanshusirohi2403]

@@the80386 Nothing is banned or allowed in Sanatan Dharma. They leave it to our conscious to decide what is right or wrong. Its up to us.

[@the80386]

I don't think actual hindus believe what you said about the religion allowing people to do whatever they want as per their conscious. because if they really believed that, then the muslims in india wouldn't be getting attacked or killed.

[@shiv4781]

@@the80386 stop ur agendas

[@MikaelUmaN]

Yes. Cattle belch. But they are a part of a natural cycle whereby the net effect is neutral so long as you maintain soil health. Trees do store carbon, but so does soil. Not all land can be used for crops, nor should it be. Neither is the problematic use of chemical fertilizer inputs to massive industrial monocrop farming taken into account here. On top of that, meat from cattle actually upcycle nutrients that we as humans cannot get ourselves from grass due to the difference in our digestive system. Measuring per calorie is not as important as measuring per the composition of nutrients. We have a problem of over-eating junk, i.e. "empty calories". Advocating for some grazing to give way for wild nature and more wild life that can be hunted seems a valid proposition. I also don't think cutting down rain forest seems a good idea, so there are compromises that need to be taken. But humans can't really survive on plants and fruits. We are omnivores after all.

[@Hickalum]

Not to mention that the number of cattle is not increasing, it’s decreasing (due to increased efficiency and reduced waste). Therefore, since methane doesn’t accumulate in the atmosphere like CO2, cattle cannot be causing an increase in methane - it’s mathematically impossible (unless cattle are growing giant methane glands !!!).

[@ozancanca9740]

I see people have a hard time accepting vegans do something right and important

[@marvyncruz2775]

Nothing can last forever even our precious little planet. So make the most of life’s bounty and just enjoy every bit of it while it last. All things, everything happening, good or bad comes to an end.

[@BLUeeeee1PKeeeeeR]

@@marvyncruz2775 Live life to the fullest yeah sure, but without breeding, enslaving, and torturing others... live and let live, that's your'e whole moto so actually follow it...

[@marvyncruz2775]

@BLUeeeee1PKeeeeeR the reason I said good or bad, unless you didn’t read?? You seem to dream of universe where no bad things would ever happen. Hmm 🤔 U maybe right... in our reality in the universe we live in; both good and bad exist but there maybe an alternate reality where good only exist and maybe another alternate reality where bad things only exist. Well I hope someday you can make your dreams come true and find a way to travel to your ideal reality where only good things would ever happen.

[@BLUeeeee1PKeeeeeR]

Wanderclutch I don’t dream of a world where no “bad” things happen, you sound very naive saying “good” and “bad.” What even is “good” and “bad” other than an arbitrary moral definition you’ve made in your own head... what I’m saying is living life to the fullest is no justification to directly cause harm and suffering to others... what if I thoroughly enjoy enslaving, murdering and eating children and if I were to not do so I would not be living my life the fullest... am I all of a sudden justified to do this just because good and bad things happen and everything has to come to an end?? No obviously not because “live your life to the fullest” is not a valid justification to harm and cause suffering to others...

[@ozancanca9740]

Wanderclutch Saying “Bad things happen” isn’t a justification and neither is “live life to the fullest” when it comes to the life of another being and exploitation of billions of animals. You are selfish.

[@koran5407]

Please give this lady a laptop

[@smallpatatu]

Same why go through so much trouble it doesn't make any semse

[@jpe1]

shubham kakkad perhaps she was trying to make a point? Do you ask to be spoon-fed for everything you consume?

[@wooof.]

@@smallpatatu I found the rustic style more engaging

[@artbigotti2640]

But it’s so edgy

[@FirstnameLastname-hq5rd]

Everyone replying to this thinking the comment was serious lol

[@RazvyBuster]

Never ate beef or drank coffee in my life!!

[@stybull8976]

It's both good and bad at the time... You saved the planet through your valuable contributions...But most of my friends same like you died soon when they are at the perfect part of their life....

[@khorkienjoo5292]

@@stybull8976 Really? REALLY?! I also never ate beef or drank coffee my entire life.

[@1shu]

Makes sense why our culture forbids eating beef.

[@sking2173]

No, your culture believes your Great Grandfather came back as a cow ...

[@nacarreira777]

I gave up beef years ago because it felt like a stone going through my intestines.

[@zzared]

It is)

[@nacarreira777]

@@zzared You're probably right! I don't miss it!

[@Omprakash-fd2pc]

@@nacarreira777 may be you ate of bones

[@lgbtqiarights]

om the bones on steak is huge. not possible unless she mistook it for meat (not possible) or she’s blind

[@nacarreira777]

@@Omprakash-fd2pc Nope...just the meat. I obviously couldn't break it down properly hence why it felt like a stone going through.

[@14qiany1]

i havent eaten beef in literally 5 years since i learnt about its effects on the environment

[@happyhazza7184]

The topic of beef production is way more complicated then how Vox is portraying it. The world agriculture society has found that we have around 60 years worth of harvest left due to the way we have degraded our soil due to poor farming practices such as monocultures where a single kind of crop is grown over and over again with the use of synthetic fertilises and sprays. I seriously encourage people to look up “white oak pastures” they are producing beef and other animal products with a carbon negative out put (which means they are taking more carbon out of the atmosphere then what they’re producing). sustainable agriculture is no longer good enough we need to move to a regenerative agriculture system which needs grazing animals.

[@danielgomessilva8966]

@@happyhazza7184 Eating less meat is in the ppls direct power when they go to the supermarket. And there is so many mouths to feed (animals also eat) contributing to the monoculture problem

[@AvgJane19]

That's really awesome! It's great to see people adjust their habits when it's bad for the environment.

[@-wreshman-1715]

@@happyhazza7184 This right here, thank you for your insight. People are so quick to think that by individually limited their beef consumption that the problem will be solved, but that just means more waste from irresponsible producers who are trying to get them to buy regardless. The real change needs to come in the form of placing responsible agriculture practices over profit margins. This is a complex problem that needs to be solved by those who created it, not those who will suffer because of it. Couldn't agree more.

[@milesandrews6711]

@@danielgomessilva8966 then if more people switched to vegan there would be many more mouths to feed and we'd have to slaughter all the animals anyway to stop them from eating the plants we need because otherwise they will reproduce and eat even more it's not as simple as don't eat meat the food industry is a lot more complicated than that

[@ltm277]

Went to see if you had the graphs linked to look at in better detail, but I ended up watching all the links of burping animals 🤣🤣🤣

[@nikhildubey2850]

*As a hindu(indian) i consider cow to be sacred and worship it as a god.Glad to see this video* *जय गौ माता|*

[@KaylaSen]

Vox: "Don't eat beef" Me: Well I've been allergic since '01, so I've done my bit.

[@TheFeldhamster]

Did you become allergic via this tick bite thing? (if you don't mind me asking)

[@KaylaSen]

@@TheFeldhamster No, thank God. I live in the UK so we had a major foot and mouth outbreak so my family stopped consuming beef. So I now no longer have the enzymes or gut bacteria to digest it. It was um... fun finding that out.

[@screamingquitealot]

@@KaylaSen TLDR: People add meat back into their diets too quickly, and it makes them sick because they have to build the correct enzymes back up. While I cannot know for certain, I do not think you are actually allergic to beef. I'm a vegetarian, I have been since I was three years old, so I haven't eaten any meat or fish for a solid amount of time. And of course, because of this, my body doesn't produce enough enzymes and stuff to actually process and digest meat. Thus if I tried eating a hamburger right now, I'd end up extremely sick. However, there have been a number of vegetarians and vegans who at one point stop being vegetarian/vegan. They also end up being sick if they don't GRADUALLY add meat back into their diet. Your body, unless you are truly allergic, still has those enzymes to digest meat, just not enough of them by a long shot, and thus you'll end up making yourself sick. So people trying to get back into eating meat, have to do it very gradually, its a process because you are basically teaching your body how to digest meat again. Of course, I can't know if you are truly allergic or not, nor are you required to actually go and eat meat again, but I've seen enough people think they are allergic to meat when they really are just adding it into their diet too quickly.

[@obviouslyblack]

@@screamingquitealot I would agree with you. An "allergy" is an immune response.

[@orangewedges]

Sounds like you have beef intolerance, rather than a true allergy to beef.

[@mileskuma4448]

to people freaking out over coffee and chocolate, this chart is per kg so if this chart were per serving, they would probs be much lower

[@Vedrajrm]

Simple, include a “Cow tax” which should be equal to the percentage of emissions. So a 60% tax would do

[@muntunkumar5345]

Right

[@DirtyPoul]

Not just beef. Add it to all food, and reduce the taxes on all foods by an equal amount. That would make "green" foods cheaper and "black" foods more expensive.

[@sking2173]

Tax people that have more than 2 kids ...

[@gettingnew500]

please also talk about the environmental destruction caused by artificial fertilizers and the greenhouse gases that are produced during production.

[@Echuu]

I'm kind of in the middle on climate, I recycle a lot, think about energy use and stuff like that but I love meat too much to give it up. But this video really gives good advice on why to reduce or stop beef eating, and I will now strive to avoid beef wherever I can. It probably won't be every time but I'll do chicken burgers and pork in the chili and stuff like that, and of course look at good meatless dishes.

[@TheProcrastinator6]

People dont have to become vegans but if we just reduced meat consumption from 7 days a week to 3 days a week (especially cutting down on beef) we would massively cut down on carbon emissions.

[@withoutfear6987]

Very sensible, I agree.

[@Timberbaron87]

I did the switch in back in January and I am surprised how quickly it was to transition - mainly because there are SO many good options out there. Are they AS tasty as beef? No way, but a plant-based or pork burger does hit the spot when cravings arise. Enjoy!

[@jerds13]

you can also pay attention to where your beef comes from, buy locally, pasture raised. it costs more because it's worth more. a national meat shortage is a great time to try out some new vegetarian recipes, might surprise yourself!

[@anneamora4230]

welp the world is lucky to have citizens like you

[@rdsiddarth7835]

Indians: *Laugh maniacally *

[@harishrao2000]

Well, Indians do use cows for milk and other purposes, that in itself contributes to emissions. Infact, India has the highest number of cows in the world.

[@Anurag-iv5fw]

@@harishrao2000 dumbhead, the release of methane by slaughtering cows vs milking them out IS WAYYYY DIFFERENT. Update some knowledge 'fore shedding off.

[@TheSilverwing999]

@@Anurag-iv5fw Not neccesarily. Even though milking cows can be used over and over compared to butchering them for meat it's all about the AMOUNT of cows you have standing around. If India just had a few of them your comment would be relevant, but they have loads. So to summarize, it doesn't matter what you use the cow for, it matters how many you got. India is probably the world's biggest emmiter of methane from cows.

[@JoeARedHawk275]

ênurag Also show me the sources you used. As far as I’m concerned, the cows still eat the same foods. They still have the same bacteria in their gut and they still release all the same methane gas because they eat grass and are ruminants. There is no difference. You just want to believe that by not eating beef, you are helping. However, the opposite is actually true. By not eating beef, you increase the population of cows, which increases emissions.

[@XyzzTooCold]

RD Siddarth Beef is legal in West Bengal, Kerela and the North East.

[@hamzamohd.zubair1709]

Eating less Meat won't save the Planet by What I learned

[@JodyBruchon]

THIS.

[@manitaroy1673]

Nepal, where beef is banned: Laughs

[@angelo_villones]

Vox: stop eating beef. Americans with their steaks: No, I don't think I will.

[@cincybest]

I'm an American and I'm NOT .

[@YourSideHoe]

Next they’ll realize how crops & vegs destroying soil by an inch each minute

[@emptyshirt]

Grazing on grasslands is better than burning. America has a lot of grasslands, therefor beef is good for America (up to a certain point which we have in fact exceeded)

[@nicolassalazar457]

Yeap. The stubborness of people.

[@oriontigley5089]

I don't think we should get rid of beef completely, because I mean, there would be alot of problems with that such as culture, finance & diet but maybe if we made beef a luxury product. Like, get rid of mass produced cheap beef like McDonalds

[@arno6998]

It scares me that people didn't know this

[@livingtrashbag1077]

People know, they just didn't care.... Including me (yeah im not proud)

[@GiorgiVardi]

Ofc we know what mass is required fo eat caws / produce meet, but I really don’t care... Cause Im 100% sure that my grandpa’s farm doesn’t pollutes nature or endangers climate.

[@Nates2000]

It scares me that little who think that drinking cow milk and eating milk products means that the cows stop farting and therefore stop contributing to global warming

[@pseudonamed]

the purpose of not purchasing something is so that demand goes down and therefore less animals are bred for that purpose, and so yeah, less emissions are created.

[@sC-vk8xi]

love how

[@ciaranaylor6305]

This is going to be very unpopular opinion but my family come from a small town in Ireland where the land cannot sow crops And the conditions of wet weather prevents any plants apart from grass growing. This means that one of the only sources of income and use for the land is cow farming. Obviously statistics in Ireland are very much different from statistics in America but I just wanted to tell people That not all cows are treated badly and many grow on land and white spaces which cannot be used for many other industries.

Great info for people to try and get away from simplistic explanations. And as well ruminants are important for nutrition and the health of the planet.

[@zachbrown9031]

Would love to see one of these on water impact. Unfortunately, citrus and nuts are brutal on water supply

[@waflletoast11]

no where near as much live stock is required to drink.

[@Scottsdaleofficesteve]

@@waflletoast11 I dont have the numbers but some nuts are really inefficient when it comes water use. iirc almonds are notorious for requiring way more water for what little food source it produces. Edit: 1 almond requires 1.1 gallons of water

[@libelldrian173]

@@Scottsdaleofficesteve You guys know that the water doesn't just disappear, right? It stays in the cycle.

[@zachbrown9031]

Libelldrian I would educate yourself on the science of aquifers

[@zachbrown9031]

Waffle - that may be true. But I’d like to see your sources. Hence why I think it would be awesome to see one of these on water use per food item/type

[@akki015]

Beef: *exists* Me, a hindu: I don't even know who you are.

[@ayandas9811]

Same

[@anushajain4135]

Lol here for the comments 😂

[@bhuvaneshs.k638]

But cows Exists, Pollution cuz of cow exists...

[@bhuvaneshs.k638]

@Libert Fortem Who told Cows should stop existing...? I'm just saying Indians claiming we don't cows thus we save environment is incorrect... U know what I'm saying... "Act of not eating beef, doesn't imply that one is saving environment"

[@johnpauljones1528]

@@bhuvaneshs.k638 Namaskar, Eating beef was always banned in Hindu society. We never knew why this was so strict but we know now. Maybe it was a ritual we don't understand fully?

[@freak1310c]

That map of Rondonia is the default lesson that pops up in Arc GIS lol

[@jdb318]

The amount of research and work that went into this 4:38 video... Sheesh!

[@beef-jerky]

Yet, they missed so much...

[@troyt6532]

ZFG Jerky I know! They should spend more time actually doing research on their topic. You SHOULD eat beef

[@ZwergDesign]

@@troyt6532 And why exactly is that, Einstein?

[@troyt6532]

x0RRY Videos like this hurt the beef industry. Livestock raisers already have a hard time making money off of live meat the way it is. Anyway, agriculture is an extremely complex process and I don’t expect you or this video to completely understand the entire thing. The video mostly talked about farming beef in the rainforests without mentioning livestock raising in the United States or other parts of the world where we have hilly prairies with rock patches and varying climates that cannot be used to grow crops with current agricultural technology. They actually believe that we could convert all areas used for cattle into rice fields and such when this simply isn’t the case. In fact, cultivating native grasses to make way for other crops negatively impacts the environment. There are certain methods of raising beef that take carbon out of the air but I won’t go into detail. As you know, cattle produce manure. This is a far better alternative for fertilizer than the synthetic chemicals used otherwise. Vox is made up of city people and they don’t care about agriculture or the folks that bust their backs to feed a growing population of unthankful people. If you read all that, thanks.

[@ZwergDesign]

@@troyt6532 While you make some good points, the beef industry and livestock raisers should never be a priority for decisions which are nessecary for our planet so survive. Yes, you can produce beef in a more environmentally friendly way, but at the end of the day, the population grows and grows. As people in 3rd World countries get richer, they also want more meat. And this demand will not be satisfied with cattle from otherwise unusuable hills. The long term goal HAS to be, to drastically reduce our consumption of beef.

[@seav80]

Okay, so this graph shows the emissions per kg of food produced. It would be interesting to also see the graph per Calorie produced. I don't think the results would change that much but some foods are more Calorie-rich than others for the same amount of weight.

[@torrent6181]

Yes! This would be much more helpful, as nuts and grains have many more calories per kg than beef, and can therefore feed more people per kg. Conversely, salad veggies have less calories per kg than beef. Coffee makes over a hundred shots per kg. The only items that are really comparable on this chart are beef, pork, and chicken, which all have similar mid-range calorie densities.

[@janoskurko8015]

Yep that would be a rational way of doing it, but the sensationalist hype machine called social media does not work that way!

[@mrblob5413]

Janos Kurko uhh ok-- beef May look even worse if they did it by calorie.

[@thisisaloadofbarnacles921]

It's Vox, what do you expect

[@CptRyaffio]

Of course, it isn't that simple, many of the low calorie foodstuffs we eat (vegetables for instance) are an important source of vitamins, minerals, etc.

[@russellbauman675]

I understand beef can be more wasteful, just wondering if the 28% reduction goal takes into account an increase in chicken, pork, and lamb production?

[@jmckendry84]

I think that is the only mis-step in an otherwise great video. It seems to me that the 28% is the average % of a person's emissions that are due to food production. If that's the case, then the only way to achieve 28% reduction is to not eat anything! Obviously this is impossible. From memory, I think that a vegan diet only emits about 30-35% of a beef-heavy diet (don't quote me), if that helps? So if I'm right you could probably knock 10-20% off your personal emissions, depending on how much beef you eat and your other personal lifestyle factors.

[@tohiburrahmantauhid7707]

Pork is bad.... And prohibited...

[@kaarenremley7585]

A request. I shared your video with friends and they made a good point. What numbers did you use to create the chart and where did you come up with the numbers you put together to create this chart?

[@simisolanga5957]

Can we appreciate this lady for making that graph out of flipping tape👏🏽👏🏽

[@cosmedelustrac5842]

And don't forget to try to eat local products as much as you can.

[@mudkipaficionado7547]

I’m glad I’ve cut out pork and beef from my consumption, like on one hand climate change and the other unethical raising of livestock so it’s like the logical step to stop eating them

[@aristotlegoogle2490]

guy plant it is also super healthy to stop eating beef and pork I stopped two years ago and feel so much better now hopefully more people will join 👍🤞🏻

[@Nates2000]

I'll eat twice as much to balance it out

[@rafidonohoe6789]

Really creative way of doing the graph!

[@h_h03]

this is why i only eat free range

[@badhrihari1705]

Where my vegetarians at?

[@laine3396]

Veganism is better

[@dilipjain6899]

Vox: Beef Indians: What is that?

[@HrithikSuresh10]

Malayalis: Let us introduce ourselves.

[@burhan1527]

Vox:your mother but cooked

[@muhammaddaniyal3322]

@@burhan1527 HAHA!!! That makes bull thier father.

[@turanamo]

I reckon you have never been to Kerala? Oh! I forget. Kerala is another country.

[@Anxh007]

@@muhammaddaniyal3322 According to scriptures of Indian It says that your king's wife is your mother ,your nurse is your mother ,your land is your mother ,your dhenu (desi cow) is your mother ,your Guru's wife is your mother . and 7 one is case If someone adopted you she is your mother ,this is what written in the text.

[@samimaub]

I guess somebody already got some beef with this video. lol

[@davidestrada4942]

Surprised this video wasn’t made when Klein was in charge

[@degraj418]

Vox: Dont eat beef Indians: W O R S H I P S C O W S

[@moduspwnenz]

Not Indians

[@degraj418]

@@moduspwnenz well yeah hindus

[@3dsaulgoodman43]

There's nothing wrong with that. It's just a belief. It's radical Hindus that make it seem ridiculous.

[@sourabhgupta1577]

Not only beef 40% Indian's are vegitarian

[@UpenShenoy]

Isn't this a bit hypocritical? Make fun of Indians (Hindus majorly) who treat all animals with respect and dignity (yes, cows are given more special treatment) but condemn China for dog meat market?

[@toshimigita]

The real question is if a cow burps and you hold up a lit candle in front, will they explode?

[@BroAnarchy]

I don't know, but I'm curious to find out

[@JPAnor]

no, bc lack of oxygen

[@thoainguyen179]

Now this is a curios question

[@silcosilva]

nope, but the human ego will explode...

[@jayantjha3128]

Lets find trump amd try this for real

[@kodo1232]

3:06 You forgot to mention that most cropland is used to feed livestock.

[@mrman991]

I guess it boils down to if you see the world as a resource to be harvested or a place we live that we should look after.