>The same argument often comes up in "Being vegetarian": my personal choice won't solve animal welfare or carbon emissions of food production. But all the vegetarians in the world do make a large difference.
Here's how I think about it.
You reducing carbon emissions by reducing your agri footprint by going vegan is an improvement over the alternative even if I wouldn't.
Everyone doing this is a major improvement over the alternative.
Me not using tarps, pesticides, not using synthetic fertilizers and caring about runoff, etc and being a backyard farmer rather than having a lawn in this endless suburb like i'm already doing is an improvement over the alternative. (even tho i need more time and land to cover most of my carbs and a bit more than some quail too)
But spreading out 8 billion people and making everyone backyard farmers is probably an ecological disaster.
Here's how I think about it.
You reducing carbon emissions by reducing your agri footprint by going vegan is an improvement over the alternative even if I wouldn't. Everyone doing this is a major improvement over the alternative.
Me not using tarps, pesticides, not using synthetic fertilizers and caring about runoff, etc and being a backyard farmer rather than having a lawn in this endless suburb like i'm already doing is an improvement over the alternative. (even tho i need more time and land to cover most of my carbs and a bit more than some quail too)
But spreading out 8 billion people and making everyone backyard farmers is probably an ecological disaster.