Savings: $2,200, 2 tons CO2
What do you want to eat tonight? For us omnivores, it's a constant question. We can eat so many things, but what's best? In the New York Times bestseller Food Rules Michael Pollan summarizes, "Eat food, not too much, mostly plants.[1]"
Biochemist Valter Longo, who has devoted decades discovering the connections to nutrition and successful aging, writes, "My main recommendations are to follow what we see in most long-lived populations around the world but which also matches the science, which is a diet that is mostly plant-based, low in protein and rich in unsaturated fats and complex carbohydrates. It is primarily an issue of food type and quantity."[2]
Did you notice a pattern? We're eating too much food, and the healthist human diets contain little-to-no meat. What effect does switching to a heathy diet have?
When the Richies switch to a vegitarian diet they reduce their CO2 emissions by 2 tons per year.[3] Since beans are cheaper than burgers they also save $2,200 per year.[4]If you really think you need to eat meat, limit it to two meals per week and buy only animals raised in ethical, ecosystem-restorative ways. The per pound cost is more, but the practice has an overall global cooling effect.[2][3][4]
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