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		thelastwave on Nov 25, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: World's first no-kill eggs go on sale in Berlin (2... How does the way we distribute meat create that much more carbon emission than distributing a comparable amount of plant based food?

cies on Nov 25, 2020 [–]

Cooled storage/transport, waste (a lot of meat is wasted due to limited shelf life and the following regulations), distribution of feed, water usage, methane (like 4x worse than CO2 i believe), more plastic used in packaging.

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