• A study shows Australians would rather take other actions to help the environment than give up meat.

  • Participants cite a lack of vegetarian options when dining out, despite Australia having more than ever, as a barrier to the diet.

  • Researchers hope the study will highlight reasons behind people’s reluctance to reduce meat consumption.

  • MHLoppy2OP
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    The list of options participants were given:

    • Eat less meat (50% reduction)
    • Stop eating meat
    • Avoid food products imported by plane
    • Use public transport
    • Recycle things more
    • Buy fewer new things
    • More energy from renewable sources

    Some of it is a bit less actionable then “eat less meat”, but they’re still pretty concrete.

        • AngrilyEatingMuffins@kbin.social
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          i wonder how quickly capitalism would fall if every liberal who pretended to be against it but tut-tutted the idea of it being overthrown would just shut the fuck up

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            Whose pretending to be against it? I’m for tighly regulated capitalism, coupled with some public ownership of natural monopolies.

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                It must be nice and simple to see the whole world in black and white terms. You should definitely try getting to grips with nuance though. It makes things annoyingly complicated and messy, but is ultimately rewarding.

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                    So you are looking at a largely capitalist economy, but with a few natural monopolies - water supply, being one example - being in public ownership.

                    As an example, the UK is generally considered a capitalist economy, notwithstanding the fact that its largest employer- the NHS - is publicly owned and operated.

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      The willingness seems pretty low on everything but “renewable sources” and recycling which requires the least effort from people.

      There being some willingness to reduce meat is nice, but I’ve heard that line before (people rarely follow through in practice).

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        I guess there’s going to be some interpretation about what a high vs low result really is (like how a 6/10 rated game or movie is “low”). I personally thought the raw results would have been lower based on some of the doomposting elsewhere in the thread.

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      I have already done all these except #2. And yes - I mean that. I have changed my lifestyle over the past 10-15 years doing these things consciously.