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

  • Coreidan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    I am not disagreeing. My whole point is that agriculture in itself is a problem. Simply getting off meat doesn’t solve the problem.

    We need a way to make agriculture not so wasteful and damaging to the environment. Cutting out meat reduces the need for agriculture but doesn’t eliminate it. As long as agriculture is around we will be destroying our environment.

    Downvote me all you want.

    • 4lan@lemmy.world
      3·
      1 year ago

      So we shouldn’t reduce the problem on one front because we can’t get rid of the impact completely?

      Without agriculture we would all starve, you can’t say the same for beef.

      Why not reduce the damage that agriculture causes AND reduce the impact and scale of beef production?

      • Coreidan@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        1 year ago

        So we shouldn’t reduce the problem on one front because we can’t get rid of the impact completely?

        I literally never said this. You are saying it.

        All I hear is excuses to keep eating factory-farmed hormone-laden beef.

        I literally never said this either. You’re pulling this out of your ass.

        There is nothing wrong with pointing out the flaws of current day agriculture. Sounds like you just want to argue and you’re injecting your own dialogue to accomplish that.