No, humans do not need meat. This is plain false! You can greatly decrease emissions by cutting out animal consumption and the FAO has been pleading for a global plant based diet for ages...

[–] vacuumflower@vlemmy.net 1 points 2 years ago

How much more expensive would such a diet be? Some plant-based foods can cost a lot depending on place and logistics.

That's the question, and it's an important one - it's the same reason as why, say, WWW which started decentralized has become what it is now for most people. People do what's easier and cheaper for them.

I'm not calling people "soy boys", but people for whom you have to make such a diet not even plausible, but cheaper or as cheap as the existing ones, do not live in developed countries. Talk about the environment is not worth anything else for them.