One Root Cause of Pandemics Few People Think About(blogs.scientificamerican.com)
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One Root Cause of Pandemics Few People Think About
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eating less meat -- i think it'll be easier to get people to give up their guns than to give up their bacon
It's our collective karma playing out, so to speak...
I eat meat occasionally, but I still think meat should become a luxury food by imposing very high taxes.
I eat meat occasionally, but I still think meat should become a luxury food by imposing very high taxes.
- Climate change
- Antibiotic resistance
- Peak phosphorus
- Nutrition availability
- Water usage
- Pollution of air, water and soil (lakes of pig shit sprayed into the air)
somewhere down the list is animal cruelty, but most people are selfish, unconvinced and don't care if it happens elsewhere as long as they don't have to watch it.
If humans are to survive, meat (and resource-intensive substitutes) and fossil fuels have to go bye-bye because they're too risky in the long-term.