Some 'friendly fire' on QF economy menu

[ChrisMars]

A bit confused here by some comments.
Isn't that the case that people who adopt a vegetarian diet are probably responsible for less greenhouse gaz emission than people who eat meat, when just looking at their footprint from eating?

 

[ozziflyer]

A bit confused here by some comments.
Isn't that the case that people who adopt a vegetarian diet are probably responsible for less greenhouse gaz emission than people who eat meat, when just looking at their footprint from eating?

The real problem is the increased demand for monocrop agriculture which means more land clearing.

Removing trees is the worst outcome not the food source.

 

[ChrisMars]

The real problem is the increased demand for monocrop agriculture which means more land clearing.

Removing trees is the worst outcome not the food source.

You have some reference? It's quite easy to find some reff suporting that beef farming is responsible for roughly ~40% deforestation, but can't find supporting info about your claim.

Sorry if I slightly derail the topic.

 

[Willie]

QF has a culinary ambassador who oversees the luke warm goo and supermarket quality salad muck in the lounges, so we shouldn't expect too much in the air.

 

[willclan]

Ah the dreaded chocolate cookie on a flight of 3 1/2 hours or less, definitely a budget airline serve!

 

[serfty]

You have some reference? It's quite easy to find some reff suporting that beef farming is responsible for roughly ~40% deforestation, but can't find supporting info about your claim.

Sorry if I slightly derail the topic.

It is common knowledge that trees (plants generally) absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, using sunlight to break it down into carbon and oxygen. The oxygen is expelled and the carbon used in plant building. The process is termed photosynthesis.

 

[ChrisMars]

It is common knowledge that trees (plants generally) absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, using sunlight to break it down into carbon and oxygen. The oxygen is expelled and the carbon used in plant building. The process is termed photosynthesis.

Ok, thanks, I do have this common knowledge, but that really doesn't address my comment. Trying to understand why some here seems to imply being vegeterian is worse, in term of global warming impact, than eating meat. It seems common knowledge to me that vegeterian is clearly better.
I am not a vegeterian, just curious to always hear all sides of a story.

 

[ferntree]

The real problem is the increased demand for monocrop agriculture which means more land clearing.

Removing trees is the worst outcome not the food source.

I might be going a bit OT here, but the problem of land clearing for monocrop agriculture is mainly for the purpose of growing soy beans and the like to feed to cattle, not to feed humans.

 

[drron]

Ok, thanks, I do have this common knowledge, but that really doesn't address my comment. Trying to understand why some here seems to imply being vegeterian is worse, in term of global warming impact, than eating meat. It seems common knowledge to me that vegeterian is clearly better.
I am not a vegeterian, just curious to always hear all sides of a story.

The food they eat has very different CO2 emissions but Vegetarians have a greater percentage of carbohydrates in their diets the brekdown of which releases carbon gasses. Probably a lot more in their gaseous emissions than meat eaters.

 

[RooFlyer]

It is common knowledge that trees (plants generally) absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, using sunlight to break it down into carbon and oxygen. The oxygen is expelled and the carbon used in plant building. The process is termed photosynthesis.

And when plants die, it goes back into the atmosphere via the process of decay .

 

[Willie]

wow.. this went weird
Willie

 

[kangarooflyer88]

Flew QF yesterday from SYD to CHC in Y. Options were spaghetti and meatballs or chicken salad. Boy was I glad i pigged out at the emirates lounge beforehand!