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[–] ThotsAndPrayers 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

Fats are the worst offenders of environmental destruction (in terms of factory farming and whatnot) because they not only eat far more than what they need, they also eat the worst kinds of food. As you go up in tropic levels you increase the amount of requisite energy to produce the same amount of food, not to mention the CO2 emitted from the transport and everything else in the process. Because shitty processed food is the most calorie-dense while also being very low in satiety, it has a significant carbon footprint. Who consumes that shitty processed food? Fat people.

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[–] EarthquakesAreScary 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

And on top of that the shitty food tends to come from the same few crops. Fine for the short term. But the importance of crop rotation got drilled into the US pretty hard at one point. I doubt we're in any real danger of a new dust bowl. But there's a whole host of reasons why you shouldn't treat crops worse than you would a potted plant.

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[–] glassuser 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Nah, just plant corn every year. What could go wrong?