A heatwave continues to grip large parts of Europe, with authorities in many countries issuing health warnings amid searing temperatures.
Southern Spain is the worst-affected region, with temperatures in the mid-40s Celsius recorded in Seville and neighbouring areas.
A new heat record for June of 46C was set on Saturday in the town of El Granado, according to Spain’s national weather service, which also said this month is on track to be the hottest June on record.
Vegetarian is enough to get most of the benefits for environmental reasons. But it’s foolish to wait until that happens, it can’t wait.
Source on that? I’d reckon dairy and egg industry equally bad as meat industry. Here in northern Europe dairy and meat industry go hand in hand, that is, when a dairy cow stops being productive it gets ground to beef.
For regions where beef as food is more valued than here (beef’s so expensive, few people buy it in Estonia), meat moos are entirely different breeds and fed differently. Milk moos might end up as mince, but probably not a quality steak. You don’t need nearly as many moos if you’re only producing milk, and then maybe some meat products from cows, compared to when you’re raising a bunch specifically to be eaten.
Chickens raised for meat also don’t lay eggs. So if you only eat eggs and not chicken, way fewer chickens are needed. Also, if you’re not even willing to go vegetarian, switch out beef and pork for chicken. Per kilogram of meat, chicken is way less carbon intensive (pork is also less intensive than beef). It’s still a lot compared to eating potatoes from your own garden of course.
And this is why the best reason to go vegan is for the animals.
I don’t think this is true for eggs. I’ve read that the egg-laying chickens are completely detached from those raised for their meat. Perhaps best demonstrated with the recent egg shortages having no impact to poultry prices.
With dairy and egg industry I was referring to a lacto-ovo vegetarian diet. Egg laying breed is totally different compared to broilers that are bred specifically to be edible.