It also doesn’t have to be all beef or no meat at all; individuals can reduce their carbon footprint by switching a portion of their beef consumption to poultry instead.
If we care about the ethical side, we really should not be advising switching to poultry or other meats. The number of chickens or other animals slaughtered per kg are far higher because of their lower slaughter weight. This comes with tons of other environmental and disease problems from the super high concentration of chickens and other birds. The emissions are also still quite high for poultry, it’s just beef is extremely high
Reduction of meat consumption overall should be the better aim instead
It also doesn’t have to be all beef or no meat at all; individuals can reduce their carbon footprint by switching a portion of their beef consumption to poultry instead.
If we care about the ethical side, we really should not be advising switching to poultry or other meats. The number of chickens or other animals slaughtered per kg are far higher because of their lower slaughter weight. This comes with tons of other environmental and disease problems from the super high concentration of chickens and other birds. The emissions are also still quite high for poultry, it’s just beef is extremely high
Reduction of meat consumption overall should be the better aim instead
Reducing meat consumption is generally a win all around, and easier than going directly to zero.
That’s what I’ve been doing.
Most of the meat I end up eating is at a party or event someone else hosted.
individual carbon footprints didn’t change systemic outcomes.