Reply #48: Right, but the problem is you're not thinking about this on a global level [View All]

[WindRavenX]

The problem is that if every other Western and developing country begins to adapt *our* lifestyles and diet, the problem can no longer be dismissed as "we're human we eat meat". Look at what's happening in China, specifically. At this point, we can't just work on reducing emissions because we're cutting down entire rainforrests to support just our *own* beef consumption.

I'm not even going to go into the health ramifications of this. The entire problem with your attitude is that it's not taking into account what is required to even maintain, let alone EXPAND, the demand for beef. By cutting down forrests to make room (temporary room, at that) for beef, you're destroying the system to *absorb* the very same gases that are the output of this whole cycle.

We can't keep supplying the (growing) demand. It's not guilt tripping on people who eat meat--it's called facing reality. If you eat red meat more than 3 6 0z servings a week (which is no more than what most doctors would recommend for a heart healthy diet), your diet *is* a real, scientifically backed problem. And you can't keep hiding behind the "we eat meat"-- when billions of people on world want to consume as much as we do, we can't do it. It's not possible.

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I had hotdogs this weekend. I wonder what was in them...? :scared: