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"When measured by CO2 alone, power plants appear to emit more global warming emissions than animal agriculture, but this comparison is deceptive, as power plants don't generate energy for their own sake but rather to provide power for industrial and consumer purposes—like animal agriculture."
Matt, it literally is the power plant that emits the CO2. It is just simpler to account for it at the source. Therefore, meat production should be judged by is how much energy it uses, just as all other production should be.
