r/ClimateOffensive

I work with the Alliance, an online collective action group. We've partnered with researchers at Stanford University to run what we hope will be the world's largest study on shifting toward a plant-based diet. We're looking for 1,000+ participants.

It would be helpful if members of this sub participated and shared.

Sign up here by June 1: plantbasedstudy.org. The study will last 2 weeks.

Plant-based diets use roughly 75% fewer resources (land, water, greenhouse gases) than comparable meat-based ones.

You don't need to 100% eliminate your animal product consumption to participate. From a research perspective, we want to understand what makes plant-based eating easy or hard for everyday people.

If we can pull off this study, we'll contribute significantly to what is currently a very small field on plant-based nutrition. With the results, we plan to develop and broadly publish recommendations that could encourage many people to adopt more environmentally-friendly diets.

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Every summer feels worse than the previous one now. Heatwaves are getting brutal, electricity bills are exploding, and people are literally struggling to survive in some places.

But somehow the conversation always comes back to us.

“Take shorter showers.”

“Stop using plastic straws.”

“Don’t use AC too much.”

Meanwhile giant corporations, private jets, cruise ships, and massive industries keep polluting at a scale normal people can’t even imagine. Governments attend climate summits, take photos, make speeches, and then quietly approve more oil projects a few months later.

I’m not saying individual responsibility doesn’t matter at all. But the way climate discussions are framed feels so dishonest sometimes. Regular people are made to feel personally guilty for trying to stay comfortable in 45°C heat, while the biggest polluters mostly escape serious consequences.

At this point it feels less like “save the planet together” and more like “ordinary people should sacrifice while powerful people continue business as usual.

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It phrased the question about diet horribly. Is beef really that much worse than any other meat? And, in terms of GHG emissions and other environmental damage, just how different are the footprints of meat vs. dairy? Otherwise, it honestly seemed pretty decent? Or at least very clear on what actions to take?

I am very interested in purchasing carbon offsets when traveling. For instance, I will be flying to Europe this summer for a vacation. I am looking at cooleffect.org. They seem to be very reputable. I understand this should be tax deductible as well. Does anyone have any thoughts? I know there are a lot of carbon offsets out there that are not great and very vague, but I feel like I’m obligated to do my part anyway I can and I want to be more consistent in purchasing these.

Hi everyone,

I work a decent job in Germany and in my current situation I could afford to spend ~100€/$ per month on climate. What would be the best place to put the money to?

I find it difficult to find credible renewable projects that need crowdfunding. I‘m currently thinking about DAC that might need more demand such that it will be cheaper once we need it, similar to solar? Other ideas?

What do you think? What do you personally do?

The reasoning here is simple

1. Electric Vehicle EV) batteries require graphite which is geological carbon

2. This graphite is oxidized into CO2 during both pyrometallurgical and hydrometallurgical recycling of EV batteries

3. This results in a net increase of atmospheric CO2 because the carbon in the graphite is not part of the Earths carbon cycle.

The recycling of EV batteries is a net contributor to atmospheric CO2 just like combusting fossil fuels.

Transport sector electrification is a contributor to climate change just like burning fossil fuels because of the oxidation of graphite during EV battery recycling. Achieving carbon neutrality will require ceasing all energy production activities which cause net increases in atmospheric CO2. This will require us to both phase out fossil fuels and electrification as they are both net atmospheric CO2 contributors. We need transport sector decarbonization solutions which are actually carbon neutral in order to effectively mitigate climate change.

Regenerative agriculture will enable biofuels to be produced without ILUC via

- Cover crops

- Marginal lands

- Unprofitable farmland

Using regenerative agriculture will eliminate the need for fertilizers and pesticides ensuring that future biofuel production does not repeat the same mistakes of the industrial food system.

Here is the final comparison

1. The carbon which makes up graphite is not part of Earths carbon cycle so therefore oxidizing it during EV battery recycling will result in a net increase in atmospheric CO2

2. The carbon in drop-in biofuels (renewable diesel, SAF, and renewable gasoline) came from the Earths atmosphere as CO2 and thus it is part of Earths carbon cycle so therefore oxidizing it in an ICE engine will not result in a net increase in atmospheric CO2.

Our refusal to acknowledge the reality of electrification will not change the laws of chemistry.