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.

Details about the answers are in the comments

    • commie@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      1 year ago

      there is no reason to think that the land would be deforested, nor even that it would not have been deforested for some other reason, if everyone were vegan.

        • commie@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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          1 year ago

          what would change if everyone were vegan? what would change to MAKE everyone vegan? you can’t actually know what that world would be like. you’re guessing.

            • commie@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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              1 year ago

              the nature article only talks about the impacts of producing the various foods in the current circumstance. if people shifted to eating less meat, then circumstances would be different, but it’s not clear that the environment would actually benefit at all.