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Other way around. Misinformation about climate impacts leads to poor choices. Replacing your electricity with personally-owned solar, upgrading your vehicle to a high-efficiency hybrid or electric, and lowering your HVAC costs on your home are all far more impactful to your CO2 footprint than changing your diet.

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So Oxford Uni and other academic institutes are now spreading misinformation. Ok got it.

And buying solar panels and upgrading to a hybrid or electric car which costs thousands is easier than replacing your meat burger with a plant-based meat burger. Makes total sense and lets ignore biodiversity and habitat loss while we're at it.

Why not do both?

Why not eliminate / reduce consumption of large scale dairy and meat products AND use renewable energy sources?

Surely you would agree doing both is actually even more impactful, no?

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