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>is a bold statement. Maybe some of us can muster up the will to resist $5 meat packages in the supermarket every single day. I am sure not all and especially not enough people can do that off their own free will.

Simply switching from beef to chicken results in a dramatic reduction of greenhouse gasses you are personally responsible for. I ditched about 90% of my beef for chicken last year and barely noticed.



Apparently it can be nearly any other meat than beef, except maybe lamb. Beef is multiple times as potent as any other form of meat when it comes to climate impact. Aside from emissions, it has a large effect on water pollution as well.

For starters: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_meat_p...




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