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closingreunion • today at 10:08 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

If you don’t want to give up meat right away, at least consider stopping beef. One pound of beef is roughly equal to 8 pounds of pork, 10 pounds of chicken, and 20 pounds of tofu in CO₂ emissions.


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ponector • today at 10:54 AM

Does it account for diary, eggs, leather?

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TheSilva • today at 10:31 AM

- Beef (1 lb): 0.45 kg (454 g)

- Pork (8 lbs): 3.63 kg (3,629 g)

- Chicken (10 lbs): 4.54 kg (4,536 g)

- Tofu (20 lbs): 9.07 kg (9,072 g)

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