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Some people eating more meat doesn't change what the problem is or how it can be addressed. Also, I think you claim that vegetarianism/veganism hasn't grown is

• DennisP 6y ago
  My source for the second claim was the Washington Post. Can you provide a contrary one? It does say that people have moderated their consumption a bit, but it's not visible in the global trend. The rise in meat consumption over the past sixty years mostly comes from poor countries getting richer. It's been inexorable. Meatless Mondays in rich countries aren't going to make a dent in it. Lab-grown meat cheaper than farmed would be another matter. We didn't stop whaling with public relations campaigns. It stopped when kerosene made it mostly obsolete. Thirty years after kerosene came on the market, 95% of whaling had stopped.
  • jiofih 6y ago
    > but it's not visible in the global trend. The rise in meat consumption over the past sixty years mostly comes from poor countries getting richer Gonna need a source for that too, the numbers available say otherwise.
    • DennisP 6y ago
      Um...the source is my first link above. Rich countries eat the most meat, but their consumption has been steady over the past 50 years. Meanwhile: > Growth in per capita meat consumption has been most marked in countries who have underwent a strong economic transition – per capita consumption in China has grown approximately 15-fold since 1961; rates in Brazil have nearly quadrupled. The major exception to this pattern has been India If you disagree, what is your source?