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Going Vegan Isn’t the Most Sustainable Option

liuzhou

By liuzhou
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Alex

Alex

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Interesting article/study. One issue that occurred to me is whether the three types of are being used for their optimal results, and whether some types of land are being converted, as mentioned in the avocado article you posted.

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Shalmanese

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The study is horribly designed. It examines the environmental impact if the entire planet converted to a single diet which is not only unrealistic but also not useful to the average consumer. Of course if everyone switched to veganism, there would be a lot of scrubland that we couldn't use any more but we're far from that point.

 

Instead, the more useful measure is marginal impact and a switch to veganism would take productive grain growing land and switch it from animal feed to human feed and be extremely good for the environment. 

PS: I am a guy.

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