Interesting Links for 01-06-2022

[andrewducker]

1. Switching to plant-based cheese can reduce carbon emissions by 50 per cent compared to the dairy version

(tags:dairy cheese co2 )

2. After millennia of agricultural expansion, the world has passed 'peak agricultural land'

(tags:agriculture farming viaDanielDWilliam )

3. How a Glaswegian responds to a killer whale

(tags:Scotland water animals )

4. Biden's top Middle East adviser has a history of cosying up to autocrats

(tags:middle_east USA diplomacy OhForFucksSake )

5. The Telegraph doesn't pay its contributors

(tags:telegraph newspapers money UK OhForFucksSake )

6. Artist who made Nazi art turns out to be a Nazi

(tags:nazis art )

7. Don't Wordle - can you avoid winning?

(tags:language games )

8. Prince Rupert's Drop Exploding in Epoxy Resin at 456,522 fps

(tags:slowmotion video glass explosions )

9. The Tories gave Boris Johnson the power to call an election whenever he likes. Now they're worried he'll use it.

(tags:elections BorisJohnson conservatives )

10. After Xinjiang Revelations, Germany's Ties to China Are Under the Microscope

(tags:germany trade rights )

11. New rules ban many single-use plastics in Scotland

(tags:plastic environment scotland )

Comments

[lilysea]

The cheese one made me *sigh* -

all the plant-based cheeses that I have tried are VERY bad for people with Irritable bowel syndrome / sensitivity to FODMAPs [fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides, and polyols]

I would love to reduce my carbon footprint, but cheese isn't it.

On the other hand, I haven't eaten meat for 32 years

and the last time I was on a plane was 2011...

[calimac]

9) So how does the 2010 tenure of parliament act relate to this, or is it the dead letter that the last two general elections have suggested it is?

[naath]

1) or eat less cheese. Vegan 'cheese' is not cheese though it is sometimes a nice food.

[cmcmck]

Such a shame plant based cheese tends to be horrible.

[qilora]

"1. Switching to plant-based cheese can reduce carbon emissions by 50 per cent compared to the dairy version"

and earn you undying love from us wannabe-vegans <3


"2. After millennia of agricultural expansion, the world has passed 'peak agricultural land'"

i am actually studying the history of agriculture in my work on my master's... can't discuss it yet, i am still on the scratching-seeds-into-the-ground part of our evolution...

[bens_dad]

1. Switching to plant-based cheese can reduce carbon emissions by 50 per cent compared to the dairy version.
There are better figures in the article, but my first thought was "only 50% ?"
Calorie for calorie, beef has a lot more than twice the carbon footprint of the grain the cows are assumed to have eaten, though I doubt I could get many calories from the grass the cows I see eating.

I have problems with FODMAPS too; thanks for the warning about vegetable cheese-substitions lilysea. When I was avoiding dairy to discover which ones caused my problems I discovered:
1) many dairy substitutes are low in calcium; I'm borderline osteoporosis so that matters to me.
2) I react badly to soya spreads. Turns out that sensitivity to soya is more common than some more well known food sensitivities.

[booklectica]

Wow, Don't Worldle is hard!