@mstaader are you able to back up your claim? In terms of vegan/vegetarian diets leading to increased deforestation? Plant based alternatives to feed a certain population takes up significantly less land and resources than it does to produce meat to feed that same number of people. As much as 97% of the energy and resources needed to grow lifestock for human consumption gets lost in keeping that animal alive and only 3% actually gets converted into protein that we then eat. That doesn't seem sustainable and far from being environmentally friendly.
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Don’t get me wrong, I’m not denying meat production is also bad for the environment, but it’s more current farming practices that are the problem than dietary choices.
There are ways that abundant supplies of many kinds of foods could be produced with zero environmental impact and almost zero cost, but it would cost money to set up