2026-09-20 10:30 UTC
@urlyman@mastodon.social important thread - tangential response: the Vales wrote a book called _Time to Eat the Dog_ in which they did lots of dubious carbon calculations: one in relation to bikes being food-powered was that a hamburger eating cyclist going 1km is more carbon intense than a vegetarian driving an ICE vehicle 1km, or something like that https://www.amazon.com.au/Time-Eat-Dog-Brenda-Vale/dp/0500287902
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@urlyman@mastodon.social 2026-09-20 12:45
@camerontw@social.coop interesting and thanks. Irrespective of how the maths actually shakes down (and I’ll dig out a counter narrative) it’s a good example of the monomania around carbon emissions. GHG overshoot is just one of many symptoms of the overshoot of Earth systems that sustain us. Current political and business culture is not remotely serious about the implications of carbon emissions, hence my focus above on affordability