It depends. For example I just made one quick search, "biodegradable vegan shoes", and this was one of the first results:
Also see here, leather at least as bad environmentally, in addition to being ethically awful.
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They're usually not, at least at this time. More R&D needs to go into plant-based materials for more options. Even so, leather itself is also anything but "organic."
If you didn't have this condition, then would you make the switch?
What is this condition you have?
Anybody can cherry pick isolated studies to support any argument they want. I'm not giving you the time of day on this because it never ends. That's the point. It's the same playbook as the tobacco industry, same as the oil companies. Corporate-backed pseudoscience that appears just about legitimate-enough to create distractions and confusions.
You already admitted to being anti-epidemiology and "respecting" people like Taubes, as well as name-dropping the carnivore diet. That's all I need to know, to know that you're full of nonsense.
Called it. Get your pseudoscience crackpot cheesehands diet nonsense out of here.
Is "associative studies and relative risk" another way of saying, "correlation can't establish causation"? Does that mean we actually don't know if smoking is bad for us? Sorry, but if you're going to read from the same playbooks as idiots like Gary Taubes and Nina Teicholz then you're not going to have any credibility. Nutritional epidemiology is rock solid and the cornerstone of sound nutritional science. If your views depend on undermining an entire field of science, you're already cut from the same cloth as climate deniers.
I'm sorry, but while it might feel good to adopt a "different things work for different people," view, elimination diet is only a necessary tool for rare edge cases at most. There is plenty of foundational research at this point, and for the real nutritional scientists who do the real science, there is a consensus that the Mediterranean dietary pattern is the preferred choice for the general population. That is why this diet is pretty much always the backbone of government dietary recommendations (with deviations in those recommendations usually being the result of capitulation to corporations).
And the more plant-centric your diet gets, the better your outcomes.
I've already gone through and toggled on virtually all of the filter lists.
I got a set of grips for it, but I'm not going to use them unless I'm playing a game using the analog sticks. That's the only part that's uncomfortable for me. On dpad-centric games I'm finding it very comfortable on it's own. Also just want to add that it has probably one of the best dpads I've ever used. Very accurate inputs, and just the right amount of tactile feedback without being quite as loud as the Xbox controller.
It's growing on me very quickly. Been playing a lot of Chrono Trigger on it right now. It's a lot more comfortable to hold than the Steam Deck too. Plus, it supports both Android and Linux. There are already versions of Rocknix and Batocera available for it. It has one of the best looking displays I've ever seen as well.
That said, Steam Deck is still my main go to, because at the end of the day it is a full fledged PC.
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It's possible, and if finances are a struggle you just kind of have to make your best guess in some cases, or buy used. Most of the time when shoes have leather, they advertise it pretty boldly, so that helps. Still, you never know - for example, what are the adhesives made out of? That's why vegan certifications are important, a lot of things can be easily hidden, and a lot of companies aren't particularly clear on their use of animal products even when reached out to directly.
Going vegan means learning to have to put everything under a microscope. The word 'vystopia' exists for good reason.