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

  • artaxthehappyhorse@lemmy.ml
    109·
    1 year ago

    Unless it’s meat synthesized in a lab, it requires the forced breeding, enslavement, abuse, and eventually murder of sentient animals which don’t jive too well with the golden rule.

    I personally could give a hoot about it’s negative impacts on environment. Gd bacon memes, humanity can go extinct good riddance

    • nal@lib.lgbtEnglish
      42·
      1 year ago

      you know wild animals are suffering and dying and whole species are going extinct as a result of climate change and deforestation, right? how does that jive with the golden rule in your book?

      • KitsuneHaiku@ttrpg.network
        42·
        1 year ago

        Meat animal farming contributes to climate change and abstaining makes the demand for meat lower. It’s actually perfectly consistent.