• A study shows Australians would rather take other actions to help the environment than give up meat.

  • Participants cite a lack of vegetarian options when dining out, despite Australia having more than ever, as a barrier to the diet.

  • Researchers hope the study will highlight reasons behind people’s reluctance to reduce meat consumption.

  • vividspecter@lemm.ee
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    A study shows Australians would rather take other actions to help the environment than give up meat.

    So exactly the same as polling on alternatives to the Voice. Australians want vague solutions to problems they pretend to care about, but when you propose actual solutions: crickets.

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      The list of options participants were given:

      • Eat less meat (50% reduction)
      • Stop eating meat
      • Avoid food products imported by plane
      • Use public transport
      • Recycle things more
      • Buy fewer new things
      • More energy from renewable sources

      Some of it is a bit less actionable then “eat less meat”, but they’re still pretty concrete.

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        The willingness seems pretty low on everything but “renewable sources” and recycling which requires the least effort from people.

        There being some willingness to reduce meat is nice, but I’ve heard that line before (people rarely follow through in practice).

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          I guess there’s going to be some interpretation about what a high vs low result really is (like how a 6/10 rated game or movie is “low”). I personally thought the raw results would have been lower based on some of the doomposting elsewhere in the thread.

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        I have already done all these except #2. And yes - I mean that. I have changed my lifestyle over the past 10-15 years doing these things consciously.

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        Australia was and, despite the best efforts of the Yes campaign, continues to remain and egalitarian liberal democracy.