Comments by "Neolithic Transit Revolution" (@neolithictransitrevolution427) on "Eating less Meat won't save the Planet. Here's Why" video.

  1. Don't worry, manure and fertilizer run off, Deforestation for Cattle range land and cattle feed, and the energy intensity required to process and refrigerate animal product are still destroying the world, you just watched an interview with someone who professionally supports the meat industry. Notice his argument around the % of emissions from cattle wasn't that its low compared to globally, it was that other things are worse.
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  2.  @tomasbeltran04050  He said it was part of the carbon already in the atmosphere, that doesn't mean it has the same effect. This is one of the issues I had with the video, he says methane only last 12~ years, but then uses the 100 year impact cycle when comparing it as a GHG giving an apples to oranges view of the impact. Methane is short lived, and some argue its a far more dangerous GHG because its a far stronger GHG, the reason we rank it as less relevant is we use a 100 year life period for analysis, when on a 20 year period it is 86 times as powerful. The source of a GHG doesn't have any more effect on the atmosphere than whether the origin wheat you ate has on your body. It's the warming effect that matters and methane is inarguably more potentent than CO2.
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  3.  @erickim1739  Thorium reactors are nuclear reactors. Nuclear reactors use fission (the break up of atoms) to produce energy. A fissionable (naturally decaying and prone to break up when hit with a neutron) material is placed in a particular shape called a critical mass. Normally these atoms would slowly break up over time, but in a critical mass one atom breaking naturally will release a neutron, which will hit another atom and cause it to break, and lead to a chain reaction. Most reactors now use Uranium 238 and 235 (different isotopes based on number of neutrons). 235 is fissionable, 238 is not (it is fertile). weapons grade or enriched refers to the ratio, the higher the 238 the "better". In a reactor, some of the neutrons will hit the 238, which causes it to become Plutonium, which is fissionable and takes part in the reaction. Thats what fertile means, that it can be turned into a fissile fuel. Thorium is fertile, so non-radioactove. But in a Thorium reactor, some fissile material is included (plutonium) that causes thorium to become Uranium 233, a fissile material. Honestly Thorium is a very "Hype" technology, it offers very few advancement to Uranium, and some new difficulties. The big thing is most thorium reactors are also Molten salt reactors (changes the way the reactor is cooled and the critical mass is controlled) which offer a wide range of advantages.
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  4.  @davipenha  Well this video is heavily about the USA and developed countries eat far more meat per capita.
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