From 2020-2025, 400% increase was expected

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    Transitioning to plant-based diets (PBDs) has the potential to reduce diet-related land use by 76%, diet-related greenhouse gas emissions by 49%, eutrophication by 49%, and green and blue water use by 21% and 14%, respectively, whilst garnering substantial health co-benefits

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    Plant-based foods have a significantly smaller footprint on the environment than animal-based foods. Even the least sustainable vegetables and cereals cause less environmental harm than the lowest impact meat and dairy products [9].

    https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/14/8/1614/html

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      18 days ago

      this study relies on poore-nemecek 2018 for its data, which improperly combines LCA studies with disparate methodologies. it’s not good science.

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        Have you yourself read or looked through publications on this question and formed your own opinion? If so, what is it that you think, and what is it based on?

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          as much as I can. it’s not my profession. I think I don’t have enough evidence that changing ones diet has any impact on the environment once easy or the other.