That paper doesn't even reflect what you're saying. Have you even read it, or did Google just throw it up for you and you posted it?
I mean, I don't know where to start, African and Asian diets are already low meat consumers, you appear to be missing that fact, they already don't rely on meat...
How do they feed the grazing animals? Grains feed most of Africa, India is largely lentils, beans, peas etc. What millions of people who are only reliant on meet are you referring to?
You made a point that if we all went vegan there would be more intensive crop growing - there wouldn't.
It...
Why doesn't it fit with the narrative?
Animals used for food and dairy take up nearly 80% of global agricultural land. Over 36% of all grown crops go into animal feed, only 55% is for human consumption (the rest for bio fuels etc). If everyone went vegan as an example, then agricultural land...
We're in 2023, the climate crisis has been on the agenda as long as I can remember, at University in the early 90s it was at the forefront of everything. We're still electing governments that don't really see it as a massive issue. So is it really as you say something people know enough about...
So yeah, I agree part of it is engaging other like minded people to join the cause and see action as a necessity for change. What the article is addressing though is people who say it alienates more people against the cause than it does to it. The outcome they say is that more people do think...
What I think they were saying is soo you might despise JSO, however within the public consciousness is the thought that despite them being a bunch of twats, we do really need to stop using oil.
If people then put sustainability and renewables high on their voting intention priority, then each...
That's not what the thread is saying though. It suggests that despite people actually being angry and despising the protestors for their disruption, the topic does rise in the public consciousness and impact voting intentions and therefore policy because of it. Non disruptive protest tends to...
We have a falling birth rate, under 1.6 births per women. The problem isn't actually people having too many kids, the problem is our economic model relying on growth to look after an ageing population. That economic growth generally needs population growth, hence immigration never falls no...