ELI5. If livestock contributes to greenhouse gas emission, shouldn’t we eat more meat to get rid of them? Wouldn’t eating plants reduce the overall photosynthesis which contributes to less CO2?
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The problem is not directly the consumption of meat. By eating meat, we are effectively asking for more livestock to be produced. While this livestock will eventually itself become meat, it produces a great many greenhouse gases during this time. Eating more meat would not rectify this – every burger consumed can be directly correlated to a volume of methane in the atmosphere.
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