Since the carbon footprint of meat is so high, some university cafeterias in Germany basically completely banned meat from their menus, which - I think - is a pretty smart step towards reducing emissions and becoming more sustainable.

https://you.com/search?q=Berlin+Drops+96+Percent+Of+Meat+Fro...

Is it? I don't know what the system is in Germany but if it's prepaid and fully catered you're basically foisting vegetarianism on everyone.

Are the university bosses vegetarian when they go home? Are they doing everything else to minimise their carbon footprint?

What do you mean by vegetarian?

Do you assume, just because people don't get meat in one cantina they are no longer allowed to eat meat by themselves?

No one is a vegetarian just because they are not getting it brought to them on a silver plate.

You do know that eating that much meat is a relatively new development right? A meat day should be the sane default not a vegetarian day in a cafeteria...

In the US uni system usually there are prepaid mandatory meal plans. The student can not afford food outside of their prepaid meal plan at the cafeteria.

So they get breakfast, lunch and dinner from mo-so?

If this is still good food and cheap enough I still feel this is totally okay.

It's not cheap, and it's usually pretty shitty food. It's just convenient when your next class is in 10 minutes.

>but if it's prepaid and fully catered

Which is why I qualified the statement.

Try thinking of meat as a flavoring to be added to dishes, not as a big honking hunk of dead flesh plopped onto a platter.

No.

Salad + dessert is better than just dessert.

I'm not sold on this. By the time I add enough things to make a salad filling, I might as well not eat the salad.

There's no indication that they were doing this, unless I missed something.