I'm really not one to proseletyze (I promise). Ten years ago I could barely understand how someone could be vegetarian (much less vegan), but I started cutting

I'm really not one to proseletyze (I promise). Ten years ago I could barely understand how someone could be vegetarian (much less vegan), but I started cutting meat out of my diet a few years ago, as well as most dairy. I still occasionally eat beef or chicken, maybe a handful of times in a year. And it's hard for me to completely avoid dairy, but I switched to coconut and soy milks as a daily choice. My point is that "giving up meat" doesn't feel like I've given up anything. I don't miss it like I thought I would. There's no craving for it. What's been interesting is that attempting to be vegan has led us to eat a much larger variety of foods. Thai and Indian, of course, but also more diverse choices that are traditionally meat-based but with tofu or bean substitutions. Beyond the carbon footprint argument presented in this article, there's also the water footprint to consider, where industrial animal farming plays a large role in that shortage through usage and pollution (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-020-0483-z.epdf https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-020-0483-z.epdf).