Interviewee Gidon Eschel, PhD considers a worldwide change of diet to be the easiest out, the simplest change one can make to their lifestyle which would have drastic and immediate benefits regarding climate change.
My first thought to this statement was 'Great! But it'll never happen' and I think this is what many peoples first reaction is. Unfortunately diet, and particularly meat eating, is ingrained in Western society to such a point where vegetarians and vegans are often confronted with complete bemusement. Could a smaller change in diet work, perhaps to eating meats of animals with a smaller GHG footprint? Possibly. Certainly if we completely cut beef and only ate chicken this would still have a significant positive impact.
Could we ever see beef banned from supermarket shelves? In which case would we see the rise of an underground illegal beef market?
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