[Answered] Why is the consumption of Meat considered bad

Skyraptor7@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world – 211 points –

I heard something to do with Nitrogen and …cow farts(?) I am really unsure of this and would like to learn more.

Answer -

4 Parts

  • Ethical reason for consuming animals
  • Methane produced by cows are a harmful greenhouse gas which is contributing to our current climate crisis
  • Health Reasons - there is convincing evidence that processed meats cause cancer
  • it takes a lot more calories of plant food to produce the calories we would consume from the meat.

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Demand just means how much is bought. Less bought is less demand.

I'm pretty sure more is bought every year, not less

Less than it would be with X people plus 1 (me)

Are you deliberately being obtuse?

if you buy something, it's not available for someone else to buy it.

also, you can't prove a counterfactual.