Veganism and Antinatalism Are Not the Same Moral Project

submitted by hamid to vegan
11 points | 3 comments

There’s a small but vocal group within the vegan community who call themselves antinatalists. Their position: having children is unethical. Not just for themselves, but for anyone. They argue that bringing new sentient beings into existence guarantees suffering, and therefore procreation is a harm we should all avoid.

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Concerned about resource usage of AI? Stop eating beef NOW.

submitted by hamid to vegan
56 points | 28 comments

To feed your food preferences:

AI: ~560–800 Billion Liters Annual usage

Beef: ~4,387 Trillion Liters (for feed alone)

AI: Minimal land use

Beef: 44% of global habitable land

AI: ~20,400 tons CO2 (per large model)

Beef: ~14.5% of all global emissions

AI: Electronic waste, local heat islands

Beef: Methane, manure runoff, “dead zones”

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