• TimboSlice@discuss.online
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    5 days ago

    Slightly off topic, but I wonder how big a difference it’d make if Vegas didn’t exist. I hear how people should stop eating beef so much, but then you look at how much Vegas goes through, or any other big city with excessive consumption.

    • Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      5 days ago

      Probably a lot. I’d be willing to bet vegas has the most

      • private flights
      • beef consumption
      • air conditioning
      • non-renewable water consumption

      Per capita then any other major city in the US. Dubai probably has it beat globally though.

    • epyon22@sh.itjust.works
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      5 days ago

      You’d probably be better to look at per capita consumption. I’d imagine that vegas is probably lower than areas where alternative meats and vegan options are lower. Education and availability of other options are the only way to drop it down. Heart disease being on the top 10 in the US just shows how red meat is too high in our diets.