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cgspam t1_j33bq49 wrote
Reply to comment by DemptyELF in How many animals do you eat in your lifetime? by ImplementAny4362
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Reply to comment by jrm19941994 in How many animals do you eat in your lifetime? by ImplementAny4362
From an environmental perspective a bigger issue is that we convert natural wild lands into farms to raise animals for meat. This kills wildlife and reduces biodiversity.
cgspam t1_j33ax08 wrote
Reply to comment by Beavshak in How many animals do you eat in your lifetime? by ImplementAny4362
Land use is an important component. Natural forest and grassland gets razed and turned into farms when demand for meat increases. It kills wildlife and biodiversity. Reducing meat consumption s good for land use, and beef in particular produces a lot of methane gas which is bad for climate change.
cgspam OP t1_iurz5hj wrote
Reply to comment by tap_the_cap in What should kids really be afraid of, part 2 by cgspam
The other countries have gangs too, but somehow US have way more gun violence. CDC data estimates that at most 11% of all firearm homicides are due to gang activity in the US. See my other recent post for split into homicides vs suicides, but it’s majority homicides.
cgspam OP t1_iumxu9z wrote
Reply to comment by kangyrooCourtJuror in What should kids really be afraid of, part 2 by cgspam
See the earlier chart for breakdown of gun deaths into suicide vs homicide: https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/yhxmqy/what_should_kids_really_be_afraid_of_oc/
cgspam OP t1_iumxm4o wrote
Reply to comment by Mitthrawnuruo in What should kids really be afraid of, part 2 by cgspam
Why not?
cgspam OP t1_iumpdeg wrote
Reply to What should kids really be afraid of, part 2 by cgspam
Following up yesterday's post specifically about Americans, What should kids really be afraid of?, this chart compares against the other OECD member nations with above-median GDP. Only in the US do guns and cars each kill more than twice as many kids as cancer.
cgspam t1_j33c5lp wrote
Reply to How many animals do you eat in your lifetime? by ImplementAny4362
Really interesting analysis, thanks for sharing. If one was trying to save more lives this would suggest switching from chicken to beef, but beef is by far the worst for the environment.