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Is Meat Really that Bad?

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An animated explanation of the environmental and health impacts of meat consumption and factory farming.

Getting something from the kurzgesagt shop is the best way to support us and to keep our videos free for everyone. ►► kgs.link/shop-154 (Worldwide Shipping Available) Sources & further reading: sites.google.com/view/sources-climate-meat/ Food is arguably the best thing about being alive. No other bodily pleasure is enjoyed multiple times every day and never gets old. It is an expression of culture, our parents' love and a means of celebration or comfort. That’s why it hits a special nerve when we are told we should change what and how we eat to fight rapid climate change. One of the most delicious foods, meat, gets the worst press. It doesn’t help that the topic is really hard to properly research yourself and debates get emotional quickly. But clearly science can give us an answer! The reality is, well, it’s complicated. Let’s take a look at three climate arguments against meat that are used a lot and see what happens. OUR CHANNELS ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ German Channel: kgs.link/youtubeDE Spanish Channel: kgs.link/youtubeES HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT US? ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ This is how we make our living and it would be a pleasure if you support us! Get Products designed with ❤️ shop.kgs.link Join the Patreon Bird Army 🐧 kgs.link/patreon DISCUSSIONS & SOCIAL MEDIA ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Reddit: kgs.link/reddit Instagram: kgs.link/instagram Twitter: kgs.link/twitter Facebook: kgs.link/facebook Discord: kgs.link/discord Newsletter: kgs.link/newsletter OUR VOICE ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ The kurzgesagt voice is from Steve Taylor: kgs.link/youtube-voice OUR MUSIC ♬♪ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ 700+ minutes of kurzgesagt Soundtracks by Epic Mountain: Spotify: kgs.link/music-spotify Soundcloud: kgs.link/music-soundcloud Bandcamp: kgs.link/music-bandcamp Youtube: kgs.link/music-youtube Facebook: kgs.link/music-facebook The Soundtrack of this video: Soundcloud: bit.ly/3CZ7Bpb Bandcamp: bit.ly/318Zt8b If you want to help us caption this video, please send subtitles to subtitle@kurzgesagt.org You can find info on what subtitle files work on YouTube here: support.google.com/youtube/answer/2734698?hl=en-GB&ref_topic… Thank you! 🐦🐧🐤 PATREON BIRD ARMY 🐤🐧🐦 ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Many Thanks to our wonderful Patreons (from kgs.link/patreon) who support us every month and made this video possible: Lockhart Easton, Andrew Morgan, Denisa, Hulki Haluk Gulerman, Meg, sallysue, Gregory Paxton, Felipe, Fixitfast, Dan Breakiron, Milan Benko, Jennifer Chasse, Edward Shand, Fishy Muffinz, Jim Szymanski, Day, Alex Dumitrescu, Denyse Hannon, Leonardo Molina, Beto Cols, Diana, ThePhilCraft, Simon LE GRIFFON, Rudy Yazdi, Sergiy Payu, Crystal Hoon, Spenser Boyd, Fateme Vojdani, C

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What people say. Recommended for its balanced analysis of the environmental impact of meat consumption compared to plant-based diets.

karmelapplein Hacker News • Recommends

On “See brands' supply chain linkages that are contributing to Amazon deforestation”

Here's a related recent video from Kurzgesagt, discussing how space for beef cattle drives deforestation in Brazil. link to this video

sweetheartin Hacker News • Recommends

On “Remove an Omnivore's Statue? Debate Ensues over the Legacy of Factory Farming”

Lots of disinformation here. Let's start from the top: 1. Veganism isn't a diet, it's a moral belief system. Diet is merely one manifestation of that belief system. 2. "Proteinless garbage"? What is this, the 90s? We've moved beyond the silly misconceptions that protein = meat. Do your research, please. Hitting daily protein goals is absolutely trivial on a vegan diet. Seriously, it's stupidly easy. 3. Animal agriculture is an astounding contributor to global emissions. Kurzgesagt just did a great video on the subject: link to this video We invite you into the 21st century, when you're ready. You'll have to leave the macho "I don't eat rabbit food" delusions behind, though.

sweetheartin Hacker News • Recommends

On “Meatless meat is nothing new”

…d to be healthy at any stage of life 3 (assuming basic access to required nutrients and what not which is very easy in developed countries) how did you arrive to conclusion that eating chicken is better than eating lentils, beans, etc? I don’t think what you’re saying is based in fact. I’d love if you tried to prove me wrong though. 1. link 2. link to this video 3. link…

aero-glide2in Hacker News • Mentions

On “Remove an Omnivore's Statue? Debate Ensues over the Legacy of Factory Farming”

Compared to traditional methods, factory farming has less emissions so it's (relatively) better for environment. Of course avoiding meat altogether is even better. link to this video

asperousin Hacker News • Mentions

On “Satellite Detects Largest Release of Methane in the World”

There's quite a bit of discussion on GHG emissions of food, especially red meat. One video is here 1 1 link to this video

ornornorin Hacker News • Mentions

On “Fishing gear accounts for an alarming amount of plastic in oceans (2021)”

There is a Kurzgesagt video on that exact point. Their analysis is that the emissions from shipping plants from further away to make your tofu is a drop in the bucket compared to the emissions you won’t be generating anymore by not consuming meat anymore. Meat which has to also have their food plants shipped around to them, on top of everything else. See link to this video

tcfhgjin Hacker News • Mentions

On “Meatless meat is nothing new”

What is health and planet positive based on? Compare the best meat against the worst plant based food and its still plant based>meat: link to this video