Feeding Bill Gates a Fake Burger (to save the world)

Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters cite it as a short, accessible overview of the climate and water case for plant-based meat.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Mark Rober

Topic

plant-based meat and climate

Format

explainer

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

9

Recommendation years in dataset

2020–2023

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• I blame meat consumption. This video from Mark Rober was eye opening for me. As a meat eater myself I'm convinced that eating meat is unsustainable. It's just a matter of time until we can't keep up with demand and meat will become something only …

• The ever growing demand for meat is a leading cause of deforestation. Forests remove far more CO2 than grasslands (think 3 dimensions vs 2 dimensions). Cows require orders of magnitude more land to be devoted to them than plant based food, simply due to the …

• This is the best news I've heard all week. The more widely vegan "meat" is available, the more likely it is to be adopted by average people and not just dedicated vegans. Reducing the demand for real beef is probably one of the best things …