If they could, animal rights activists would ban meat production. But that's politically almost impossible due to the immense popularity of beef, pork, chicken, fish, &c.
One strategy is to lasso the meat industry into global warming. Eating meat suddenly becomes an existential threat to the survival of the human race.
Here's an interesting pushback from someone who hails from the vegan community:
Interesting. In this same vein I just came across this Ted Talks lecture: http://www.ted.com/talks/allan_savory_how_to_green_the_world_s_deserts_and_reverse_climate_change
ReplyDeleteHe says "there is no other alternative left to mankind". We must use livestock, bunched and moving as a proxy for former herds and predators and mimic nature. Dr. Eades commented on Twitter that "Next time someone asks you how we're going to feed everyone meat if they all go #lowcarb, tell the to watch this..."