The author seems to be under the impression that in some years all people will be vegetarian/vegan and non vegetarians will be the minority, which simply isn't

The author seems to be under the impression that in some years all people will be vegetarian/vegan and non vegetarians will be the minority, which simply isn't likely. Food of the Gods - Arthur C Clarke It’s only fair to warn you, Mr. Chairman, that much of my evidence will be highly nauseating; it involves aspects of human nature that are very seldom discussed in public, and certainly not before a congressional committee. But I am afraid that they have to be faced,; there are times when the veil of hypocrisy has to be ripped away, and this is one them. You and I, gentlemen, have descended from a long line of carnivores. I see from you expressions that most of you don’t recognize the term. Well, that’s not surprising-it comes from a language that has been obsolete for two thousand years. Perhaps I had better avoid euphemisms and be brutally frank, even if I have to use words that are never heard in polite society. I apologize in advance to anyone I may offend. Until a few centuries ago, the favorite food of almost all men was meat-the flesh of once living animals. I’m not trying to turn your stomachs; this is a simple statement of fact, which you can check in any history book… Why, certainly, Mr. Chairman, I’m quite prepared to wait until Senator Irving feels better. We professionals sometimes forget how laymen may react to statements like that. At the same time, I must warn the committee that there is very much worse to come. If any of you gentlemen are at all squeamish, I suggest you follow the senator before it’s to late… Well, if I may continue. Until modern times, all food fell into two categories. Most of it was produced from plants-cereals, fruits, plankton, algae and other forms of vegetation. It’s hard for us to realize that the vast majority of our ancestors were farmers, winning food from the land or sea by primitive and often back breaking techniques; but that is the truth. The second type of food, if I may return to this unpleasant subject, was meat, produced from a relatively small number of animals. You may be familiar with some of them-cows, pigs, sheep, whales. Most people-I am sorry to stress this, but the fact is beyond dispute-preferred meat to any other food, though only the wealthiest were able to indulge this appetite. To most of mankind, meat was a rare and occasional delicacy in a diet that was more than ninety-percent vegetable. [...] Full text: https://books.google.com.au/books?id=hbAqAAAAQBAJ&lpg=PT75&ots=Fyo9gNkRJC&dq=arthur%20c%20clarke%20food%20of%20the%20gods&pg=PT75#v=onepage&q=arthur%20c%20clarke%20food%20of%20the%20gods&f=false https://books.google.com.au/books?id=hbAqAAAAQBAJ&lpg=PT75&o... About: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Food_of_the_Gods_%28short_story%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Food_of_the_Gods_%28short_s...