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Frédéric Leroy
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VHEMT, yet another bunch of lunatics.

"Diane ... an avid antinatalist, vegan, animal rights activist ... believes that voluntary human extinction ... would “do humans a favour” as much as it would alleviate environmental problems"

cherwell.org/2019/02/21/the… cherwell.org/2019/02/21/the…
"El Movimiento por la Extinción Humana Voluntaria (VHEMT) propone salvar el planeta erradicando la raza humana" 🤨

elpais.com/elpais/2019/03…
VHEMT: "Phase out the human race by voluntarily ceasing to breed will allow Earth’s biosphere to return to good health".

Mmm. What about a warm bath, a square meal, and an early sleep? 🤗
"One might ask here whether, given this view, it would also be a good thing for those of us who are currently here to end our lives in order to prevent further animal suffering." 🤦‍♂️
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THREAD: avoiding meat is often said to be one of the most powerful interventions to reduce one's greenhouse gas emissions. The wildest numbers are cited. Some groups (eg #EATLancet) are now lobbying to impose a 'meat tax' on us. Below some data to put this in perspective.

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Frédéric Leroy
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This is not really on the agenda of today's "faux burger"-hyping Green Avenger elite, is it?

nature.com/articles/s4155…
4.5 Gt CO2e due to mass tourism in 2013 (and growing with annual 4% rate!), which is about the same as the total of beef and dairy combined? Difference: the latter are nourishing us and providing important assets to rural families.
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Frédéric Leroy
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Watch WRI (an #EATLancet ally) hitting an all-time low in its social engineering approach to steer people away from animal foods.

Clearly, this is all about marketing, not facts.

Appalling!

#yes2meat #yes2eggs #yes2dairy
This is WRI's "Shift Wheel" strategy.

"Disguise the change", "make socially unacceptable" - can it be more sneaky?

wri.org/resources/char…
And this is their toolbox:

marketing, play social norms, change dietary guidelines, 30-day challenges (Veganuary?), price wars, meat tax, *banning* meat from restaurants

wriorg.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/Sh…
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