Transcript

A tweet by some news company saying “Your bowl of rice is hurting the climate too.” It has a link to an article and a picture of a bowl of rice. It has a quote saying “Should I just die”

  • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netEnglish
    6·
    6 days ago

    absolutely. in a lot of ways this is like how almond milk is not a sustainable alternative to milk, but a less damaging alternative to milk. rice can be part of a sustainable diet so long as you diversify your diet. our problem as a species is largely that our societies can’t help but lean into monocultures.

    • volvoxvsmarla@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      3·
      6 days ago

      I remember looking up plant based milk alternatives and being surprised how well almond milk does in environmental impact. I think it was battling oats and soy, and depending on the source, the first/second/third place were changing. Iirc the explanation was that you actually need really little almonds to make a liter of almond milk.

      Rice, coconut, cashew etc all had a worse environmental impact, but of course, everything was better than cow’s milk.

      (Mind you, it might have been that I used a German source for that, I’m going to try to look it up again.)

    • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      6 days ago

      Yep, and factoring in what foods are grown close to you and are in season is also important. Transporting food around the world is a huge part of the carbon footprint.