From 2020-2025, 400% increase was expected

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    Ok… good.

    And yet, it’s mostly still packed in plastic. I know, not the same topic, but the title image triggered me. How are we not getting a hold on this!? It’s almost like we’re not even properly trying.

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      In Germany they sell a couple of these vegan patties, nuggets etc. frozen in a cardbord box.

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        Also in Spain, respect the use of plastic, in Lidl already reduced, but still work to do

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              It requires significantly more agriculture to feed animals to feed humans than to just feed humans directly. This is actually obvious if you think about it for more than a second and a half.

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              Mods please ban this shill.

              Either completely illiterate or an animal ag shill, or ai bot.

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              Yes, but animals require significantly more resources. You can grow plants to eat, or you can grow plants for a cow to eat and then eat it. The amount of energy that reaches the consumer is significantly lower for animals per unit of production required to make it. The only reason it isn’t more expensive is because it’s heavily subsidized.

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                  Sure, it’s more complex than just that animals have to consume energy to live, but it’s simple enough that we know the answer to the question. If we focus on plants that are best for humans to consume, it’s trivial to see that feedings animals to eat wastes resources.

                  You’re making a staw man. Growing crops that create scraps that we can’t eat is partially only done because of subsidization of those crops to feed animals. Also, we can eat the most nutritious parts. The cob and stalk of corn are not rich in energy. Sure, cows can eat them, but they have to consume a ton of them.

                  If we grow crops for humans to consume, we get significantly more energy out of it than if we grow food for animals. This is trivial. Argue against this if you’re going to argue. Don’t argue against something else that’s not relevant.

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              Not equally so

              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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                But still greatly misleading. Having impact doesn’t mean having equal impact. Plant-based foods all have dramatically lower impact than any animal-based foods. See some of my comments further up the chain

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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

          […]

          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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              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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                  Are you a fucking AI robot? The data is innumerable. It’s huge. It’s all in your face. It 100x* is better for the environment to eat plant-based.

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      A lot of the veggies are in open containers only the more vurnarable smaller fruits, like tiny tomatoes etc are wrapped in plastic. If they would not wrap them, chances are high people won’t buy them generating more food waste. So its also not great.

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      Would not using plastic actually be the more environmentally friendly option here?

      Sure, plastic is bad when it gets dumped where it shouldn’t, but so is spoilage and other packaging solutions also have significant carbon footprints.

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    that’s good! i may not be vegan (yet) but due to the significant price difference i just buy vegan now lol