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Vegan Diets Cut Emissions, Water Pollution and Land Use by 75%, Major Study Finds (www.ecowatch.com)
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study link is here: Scarborough, P., Clark, M., Cobiac, L. et al. Vegans, vegetarians, fish-eaters and meat-eaters in the UK show discrepant environmental impacts. Nat Food 4, 565โ€“574 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-023-00795-w

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It doesn't require synthetic nutrients actually, but it does require synthetic sunlight: which is fine, actually.

The solar panels needed are beneficial to everyone involved. They provide electricity to locals, they help plants combat climate change by providing much needed cover from direct sunlight which these days can completely ruin your crops.

The point isn't to make all former farmland SOLELY solar panels. It's to help the crops/plants themselves grow better under the shade of the panels.

Sustainable farming is absolutely still a requirement in the future.

Vertical farming is to supplement the needed gaps in farming, like installing them inside cities so certain plants/crops can be served 1. Much faster, 2. In a much greener state, and 3. Direct-to-store which heavily reduces pollution potential from having to haul it from really long distances away, and in many cases, requiring refrigeration to keep the shipments cool, further polluting the planet.