▲ 211 ▼ [Answered] Why is the consumption of Meat considered bad (lemmy.world) submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by Skyraptor7@lemmy.world to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world 305 comments fedilink hide all child comments I heard something to do with Nitrogen and …cow farts(?) I am really unsure of this and would like to learn more. Answer - 4 Parts 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. Details about the answers are in the comments
[–] beeple@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) This guy thought about that question, if you wanted to see that perspective. https://reducing-suffering.org/how-much-direct-suffering-is-caused-by-various-animal-foods/#Summary permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Yeah, I see he’s thought it through and generated numbers, but it’s counter-intuitive to say we should give up fish for beef, or that milk causes more suffering than beef permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Yeah, I see he’s thought it through and generated numbers, but it’s counter-intuitive to say we should give up fish for beef, or that milk causes more suffering than beef permalink fedilink source parent