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Re:China’s Pig Pandemic by fooker on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @01:52PM (#19741016)
That's filmsy grandstanding. With current tech, you can not switch the world's population to a vegetarian diet without obliterating most existing forests.

Agriculture is one of the prime reasons for deforestation (and in some countries, pollution), while pasture doesn't really need arable land.

Re:China’s Pig Pandemic by KitDuncan on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @01:57PM (#19741081)
The vast majority of livestock isn't fed by pastures. We could cut back deforestation a lot by switching the population to a vegan diet...
Re:China’s Pig Pandemic by charliesharding on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @02:02PM (#19741141)
Ironically, conversations geared towards reaching real solutions are not as prone to receiving widespread attention since they involve multivariate discussion and critical thought. Meanwhile, flimsy grandstanding is a popular way of making people feel moral while pushing any real conversations aside and therefore making the problem worse.