Eugine_Nier comments on Why Eat Less Meat? - LessWrong

48 Post author: peter_hurford 23 July 2013 09:30PM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Comments (513)

You are viewing a single comment's thread. Show more comments above.

Comment author: Lukas_Gloor 24 July 2013 01:12:25PM *  2 points [-]

I'm not sure whether that would be feasible. The current rate of meat consumption in affluent countries is already straining the global amount of resources, and projections suggest that meat consumption is on the rise. Increasing animal welfare while keeping production constant (or even scaling it) will be even more inefficient and will require even more resources. So this only seems feasible if you reduce the overall rate of consumption, and how would you do that more effectively than by promoting vegetarianism or something similar?

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 25 July 2013 03:07:58AM 0 points [-]

The current rate of meat consumption in affluent countries is already straining the global amount of resources,

If this were true, I'd expect it to be reflected in the price of meat.

Comment author: Lukas_Gloor 25 July 2013 03:12:19AM 1 point [-]

Unless governments subsidize the hell out of it.