I heard something to do with Nitrogen and …cow farts(?) I am really unsure of this and would like to learn more.

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  • Ethical reason for consuming animals
  • Methane produced by cows are a harmful greenhouse gas which is contributing to our current climate crisis
  • Health Reasons - there is convincing evidence that processed meats cause cancer
  • it takes a lot more calories of plant food to produce the calories we would consume from the meat.

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    • KitsuneHaiku
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      11 months ago

      Demand just means how much is bought. Less bought is less demand.

        • KitsuneHaiku
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          11 months ago

          Less than it would be with X people plus 1 (me)

          Are you deliberately being obtuse?

          • commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            11 months ago

            if you buy something, it’s not available for someone else to buy it.

            also, you can’t prove a counterfactual.