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If dairy products get more expensive, people will just switch to eating more meat. People outside of subsistence economies choose food on desires more than on p
by labster 5y ago
If dairy products get more expensive, people will just switch to eating more meat. People outside of subsistence economies choose food on desires more than on price. I suspect far less negative environmental externality than you think.
TL;DR If bacon costs the same as cheese, might as well get bacon.
- ajmurmann 5y agoBy the time you price in all negative externalities, meat would of course be even more expensive.
- lucb1e 5y agoAfaik cheese might actually be worse than bacon, I think pig meat was about on par with cheese and only cow meat was worse (because cheese is so co2e-intensive, not because pig is so good), but I understand your general point.