No one's contesting that, but you can't only consider environmental impact when the differences in animal welfare are unfathomably worse for chicken meat produc

No one's contesting that, but you can't only consider environmental impact when the differences in animal welfare are unfathomably worse for chicken meat production - easily orders of magnitude worse per pound of meat. Anyone thinking of trading beef consumption for chicken for one ethical reason (environment) should really be aware of and consider all ethical implications first. I strongly believe people underestimate the harm chickens go through (beef cows are treated pretty well, unlike chickens), let alone understand the number of chickens they eat per year.