{"id":754313,"date":"2018-08-22T09:05:13","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T13:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arkcenter.us\/?p=754313"},"modified":"2018-08-22T09:05:13","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T13:05:13","slug":"wework-was-right-to-go-vegetarian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=754313","title":{"rendered":"WeWork Was Right To Go Vegetarian"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<blockquote  class=\"bs-quote bs-quote-1 bsq-t1 bsq-s1 bsq-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-content\">\n\t\t\t<p>Erin Biba\u2019s argument contributes to the dangerous fantasy that we can halt anthropogenic climate change without a lifestyle change, that we can emerge from this existential crisis into a solar-powered consumerist utopia.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>JEFF McMAHON:<\/strong> <em>&#8216;Writing for NBC, the science journalist Erin Biba criticizes WeWork for taking its communal workplaces vegetarian, on the grounds that \u201cit lets fossil fuel companies off the hook.\u201d As if there\u2019s only one hook. It\u2019s a weird argument, that we can only do one thing to fight climate change. A false choice. It\u2019s like saying we shouldn\u2019t try to prevent heart disease because we\u2019re trying to cure cancer. Of course, we can do both. Fight heart disease and cancer. Fight fossil fuels and animal agriculture.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Biba\u2019s argument lets reality off the hook. It contributes to the dangerous fantasy that we can halt anthropogenic climate change without a lifestyle change, that we can emerge from this existential crisis into a solar-powered consumerist utopia where we can continue to treat the earth as both mother\u2019s breast and open sewer, all its features and creatures mere objects for our increasingly voracious consumption&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Biba thinks we shouldn\u2019t tackle animal agriculture because it only represents 15 to 18 percent of carbon emissions. The World Watch Institute audited that oft-repeated estimate a decade ago and found tons of omitted emissions, including under-counted methane, overlooked land use, and uncounted respiration from the 70 billion animals reared for slaughter each year. The institute reckons meat\u2019s contribution is multiples higher&#8217;.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jeffmcmahon\/2018\/08\/08\/wework-was-right-to-go-vegetarian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SOURCE&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED VIDEO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hOij8miD6T8?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JEFF McMAHON: &#8216;Writing for NBC, the science journalist Erin Biba criticizes WeWork for taking its communal workplaces vegetarian, on the grounds that \u201cit lets fossil fuel companies off the hook.\u201d As if there\u2019s only one hook. It\u2019s a weird argument, that we can only do one thing to fight climate change. A false choice. 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