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things have been going out of control with food consumption and i can understand why this is happening but people just brush it off until it majorly affects them. i feel like a less catastrophic solution to this would be for people to do what Detroit did(make farms and grew their own food)

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Although I do understand why people think this is needed, but personally I believe this will not help. People, meat being in our diets, would likely still continue to buy and eat meat products. It will also become more difficult for those without financial stability to maintain a healthy sustainable diet.

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The meat tax will just slow down people from eating meat but it wont stop it.

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I dont think the meat tax will be very affective, people may get upset that their food is suddenly costing more money but they would get over it and continue to buy their favorite foods despite the cost.

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No matter what, there will always be people who go against what everyone else is doing. So even if, somehow, we find a way to encourage more people to eat less meat or become vegetarian and make them aware of the environmental consequences of all of it, people will still be stubborn.

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People really love there meat so even if there was a tax with it I can still see the vast majority will still be munching down on their steaks and burgers.

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I honestly don’t think increasing taxes on meat products would help in any way cause like

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people love their steak,choice cuts and beef,once you have a population that has tried a certain type of food, they will either hate it or love it,and meat is something that people love that is why the meat industry is in business and climate change is a very real thing but even if you take a tax and place it on meat,people are still gonna buy it and vegetarianism

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meat processing plant emit gas that is harmful to the enviorment and also causes
climate change

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I think meat taxes will only slow down how much people eat meet for a bit

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i can see why they would increase the tax on meat but, even if they didn’t people love meat so much that they wouldn’t care if they increased the tax on meat.

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Its interesting how the government is finding ways to reduce meat consumption

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I don't think we should put a tax on meat yet because a lot of people aren't aware of the affects so they would just continue to buy meat

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The meat processing causing greenhouse gases and people in the united states eating absurd amounts of meat will certainly cause suspicion, but taxes are not going to stop them from continuing.

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I think even if they taxed meat it will slightly affect how much meat is consumed because its not easy to just reduce the amount of meat people eat daily because its kind of a habit where we cant just stop it.   Even if people reduce the amount of meat they will eventually start eating more agricultural foods.

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I think though a lot of people wouldnt like it, they d get a lot of money if they put taxes on meat. i think the vegetarians would hope more people will stop eating meat because of it but i doubt it. peoples love for meat its too great that they would stop eating meat cause of a tax, unless the taxes are extremely high then the frequency people buy meat could change. even i want to go eat a triple-bypass burger

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it takes a lot more than just putting a tax on meat to get people to stop eating it. you have to change your whole mindset to go vegetarian and most people dont want to do that so they will most likely continue to buy meat despite the tax.

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Meat is apart of most of  Americans' daily lives. Everyone can't be vegetarian, so taxes on meat would be absurd. Taxing meat won't stop people from eating meat.

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I think the meat taxes that people want will cause a protest if it were to happen, they should just let people buy meat normally but if the obesity problem gets even more out of hand then it will be nessecary.Even if the meat taxes were to to be legalized, not everyone woud turn vegan most people would probably just spend the extra money for meat.

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I believe this to be a good thing as for it causes people to live long and prosper. On the other hand i feel like the American people wouldn't abide to this new tax as for meat is a sought out food in America. I'm here for a good time, not a long time.

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I get the importance of a tax on meat, but people would reject the idea immediately

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Climate change would obviously affect water since it makes up most of the world's surface. Negative effects on water would have terrible impacts on the meat industry due to the amount of water needed to support the livestock and their food. If instead we moved closer to vegetarianism, we could possibly prevent a food shortage caused by less livestock being available. We could use water for growing crops for us to eat instead of giving it to all the animals we later on eat.

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I understand why they want to put taxes on meat but people will still buy meat because many people eat it. So I think taxing meat would help a little but not that much.

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The meat industry is causing a lot of greenhouse gases, and due to their animal cruelty people have started to become vegetarian/vegan. Although the idea of a tax is positive on the overall situation there's no way the meat industry will let the tax pass since it would decrease their sales.

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I think that maybe it isn't as effective , but maybe it will help people reconsider not buying so much meat

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the meat industry is very successful there seams to be burger places on every corner

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meat taxes are on the run because many people are at a point of over grossing it. meat industry's are causing a grand change in climate and we can't just take liberty's of limiting it so they are choosing to instead put a higher tax so it can benefit the world, health of people and state of living for some with the welfare. being a vegetarian could remove this since the main reason of putting the tax is the over production and the way of harming the world. if a vast majority of us become vegetarians meats will decline but at that point wouldn't cheese and milk sky rocket by then? or will people look into it more and become vegans. in my opinion being a vegetarian won't stop things taxes implement a much forceful taxes that can make things such as meat and big proportions a celebration and a delicacy food again.

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Meat taxes are an unnecessary way to reduce the amount of meat eaten. We could just be aware that we eat a lot of meat and reduce the amount, but sooner it might be necessary to put a tax on meat because we are eating way too much.

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i get why they would tax meats  but at the same time it probably wont be a very successful idea because people love meat.

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i get why they would tax meats  but at the same time it probably wont be a very successful idea because people love meat.

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The meat industry is very successful because there are many people who like to eat meat and don't think about the consequences and the environment, a tax would help but I don't think it is the right direction to go. Consuming less amounts of meat would better numerous things.

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I think that placing a tax would help because people wouldn't get it as often

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I understand why they would think taxing meat would be good for the environment, but there are cons to everything including taxing meat. As humans our diet includes meat, we can't all become vegetarian

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I see why they want to put a tax on meat but that makes people not want to buy it.

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Vegetarianism might save the world.

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Even if people start to eat more greens, their craving for meats will still be the factor of if people will change the way they eat, taxing the meats will not help with how Americans will eat.

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i get why they want to tax meat but it wont be successful because people love meat, and i don´t think they would let go of it very easily

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i can see why they want to rax on meat but the meat indusrty won't really stop we eat meat, and being vegetarian would mean farmers would have to grow alot more crop, and there are only 2% of it, and while also there will be more livestock that will over populate.

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Putting a tax on meat would make the economy better , because people are crazy for their meats. It is going to get to the point where we can have enough room to have the cows, chicken, pigs, etc. The overall population is booming so the space that goes to the animal is going to have to go to us.

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I mean, I get why some people would think that a meat tax will save the economy, but I dont think it's fair. Why punish the majority for people who are abusing the consumer rights? At the end of the day, it's up to the people on whether of not they want 2lbs of beef or 20. A tax won't do anything. If they want it they'll buy it. Plus, why tax something that's expensive enough as is.

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I think the tax could be somewhat of a good idea the higher prices would make some people buy meat as often. With less people buying beef means that there won't be as much meat needs.

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Putting taxes on the meat product will make consumers less likely to buy it but that's mostly going to effect the lower income population. Although it will be more costly people who have the money will probably still be willing to pay a couple cents extra

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I do not believe placing a tax on meat will change much, people love meat too much to just stop buying because of a simple tax.

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I don´t think the meat tax is a good thing people that own restaurants Would have to pay more money just for the same amount of product they have been getting for a while , which means the people eating at the restaurant would have to pay more

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I understand why people want to enforce a meat tax and encourage vegetarianism, but I don't think people would give up meat that easily.

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I see where they are coming from  when they say vegetarianism will save the world but also if everyone stopped eating meat there could eventually be an overpopulation of animals and also people would not get as good of a source of protein. But for the tax thing I could see taxes on meat being reasonable because we are killing animals to eat but also the tax wouldnt benefit them in any way so I mean if anything the tax would benifit the government more but we already pay them alot of tax so I think the government just is wanting another way for them to make money.

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I understand why they would want to put more taxes on meat because soon enough we're going to start running out of livestock

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The demand for meat is high and I do understand that it would be fair to add tax because we are obviously slaughtering animals more and more everyday and it is a lot of work. But not everyone eats a lot of meat so I feel like the people who buy a lot at one time should be taxed and not the others.

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The meat industry will never go down the demand is why to high. Yes I think its terrible for people to killl animals but when almost the whole world craves meat so it will never go down.

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While I do understand why they would want to put a meat tax, I do not think it would be fair for the people who eat a regular amount of meat and do not abuse the right. Even if they do raise the tax, I think the people who are abusing their right to eat eat will still do it and it would only really be affecting the people who eat it normally and cause them not to be able to afford more easily.

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In my opinion, I do not think that vegetarianism is gonna save the world because meat factors a big role in our lives (as in health benefits) but the demand for meat is high so i could see how they would raise the tax for it.

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I think the meat tax makes sense because the meat industry is costly but I don’t think we can stop the meat industry because many people will eat meat either way

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No i don't think vegetarianism would save the world because that would mean just more crops would have to be made and people would have to eat more of the other foods that are made . but meat tax would have an positive affect on what is going on today because it might help global warming and cows will not be slaughtered as often people could use them for better causes like milk and not put so many steriods and things into the cow so they can meet human needs

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The meat industry has gotten out of control over the last few decades, with the increase production of beef and other livestock adding tremendously to the greenhouse gas emissions.
Vegetarianism would significantly reduce this output, but is unlikely to succeed nation/world wide due to human tenancies but we can still reduce this pollution created by the meat industry by promoting the reduction of meat in our diet and using the essences greenhouse gases as fuel. However, this will not reduce greenhouse gas emissions as to the degree of eliminating food waste,.

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uhhhhhh Im sorry but there are so many health benefits from eating meat and taking away meat from an omnivores diet is not a good idea what so ever. Humans need protein and a lot of it. I honestly couldn't care less about the environment because I'm not gonna be alive when it falls apart it will be my kids' job to fix that. In fact most things that we think are safe for the environment like have electric cars are more harmful than gas cars because while making the the put out 2 times the amount of harmful gasses. I will never become a vegetarian because I eat meat every single week. I mean its only Tuesday and we've gone to a steakhouse twice.

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I don't think this is going to be effective , because in my eyes people are to addicted to food. And i can tell you this, I come from a very religious family and they eat meat for many purposes.
So it will get in the way for religous people.
But i think this will be a very helpful stradegy.
we just need a better way to approach it.

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It's a good idea to place taxes on meat products, mostly due to how they're made since killing is involved to make meat products, and with that comes with people having to do the killing, and processing. With the taxes, it would help fund money to the people that do the killing, and maybe even give the animals being slaughtered good food, farming, etc,.

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I think they should put more taxes on meat because I mean if were gonna killl and eat these little cute animals I think that we should pay up.

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"vegetarians pushing their agenda smh."
is what <some> dumb people would say.

The proposal itself doesn't sound like a bad idea- except for the fact that you can't stop an industry just like that (plus everyone loves meat (generalization don't attack me)).
If there were a way to not eat meat while eating meat, I'd definitely try it. But there's no way to eat meat without eating meat by killing things that give meat, so I eat meat.

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Putting a meat tax is benifal to the consumers and producer. With the average Americans eating double its weight on just meat alone. I see it to start causing sicknesses. Completely forgetting that there is vegetables to be eaten as well.

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Vegetarianism itself won't save the world... why ? Other factors contributing to the pollution of the environment doesn't necessarily relate with how changing the way you eat is going to change the major problems of the world........ The meat industry is one of the not-so-good factors for trying to make our lifestyle better but if we all became vegans, what are we going to do with the remaining animals that are being raised? I just love meat too much to give it up.....

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I think they should put more taxes for the meat, to lower the number down because is very good for American healthy and help the environment, its help animals life too. Too much cow,chicken,pig,fish were die every years, we could save them from lower the number of people eating it, because if not we gonna destroy our own environment.

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I think that it's justifiable to put a tax on meat. Although having a little bit of it isn't too bad, it becomes an issue when you are consuming too much. Adding a tax onto the meat will help limit the amount of meat eaten because not many people will want to pay extra for the food that they'll want to eat. It'll also increase the intake of fruits and vegetables which are healthier options compared to meat.

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I think they should add tax because we need to consume a certain amount of meat but we are over using meat and the problem should be fixed.But at the same time people can eat whatever they want but they have to think about how it impacts the enviornment we live in today.Vegetarianism comes in this because the more resources they have the more the more healthier we become and the better the enviornment will be.

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The livestock used in the meat industry accounts for 15 percent of human related greenhouse gases. Greenhouse gases cause climate change and harm the environment. So to help the environment people are saying that everyone show become vegetarians to improve the problem. But i doubt that people who be will in change and cut out meat entirely so meat will still be produced and the chain reaction continues.

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As meat is being so popularly demanded, factories have been booming trying to please the people who love to consume the meat. The factories are polluting the environment and I think with a meat tax, meat production will slow down. Therefore the environment will improve.

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The rate of which we are eating our meat goods is not good. It's good to eat meat but not as much as americans are doing right now, it also hurts the environment. I'm not saying you have to turn vegan or vegetarian because there is a difference but you should have a limit as to how much you're eating and how its affected. So basically be informed about meat. Also, i agree with sydney cause like sometimes i feel bad when like i'm eating meat because then i think about their families and mom and dad waiting for him/ to come home. am i the only one who thinks that?

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I can see both sides of the argument. It's reasonable to think that they should not put a tax on meat because it should be up to the person, I do not think it's fair to force people to have to pay extra for meat. But on the other hand, meat consumption costs a lot of money. They were talking about how if we switched to a plant based diet then it would save $1.6 trillion in the global food system.

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There should be taxes on meat, because then less people would most likely buy it unless it's for a special occasion. It has to do with vegetarianism, because they aren't buying these products and promoting it.

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i feel as if meat should have a tax on it . as much as i love meat we are consuming more than our own weight . by taxing this food , we will start to consume less and less of this . alot of people are starting to eat a just meat diet . when the climate of the earth changes the grass and crops will dry out . therefore there is no food to feed the cattle . on the vegetarianism , i personally would never become vegetarian but that would probably be one of the better solutions .

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I think meat should be taxed not only to consume less of the product, but also to save the environment. As much as we love meat, it's a hazard to our health and it's also a hazard to the environment because of all the pollution it makes. Now, that doesn't mean you have to go full vegetarian or vegan. There are still some healthy alternatives to meat, but we should try to eat less meat than what we usually do. Also it helps us we using less corn.

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The farming industry is greatly affected by the amount of consumers it has each year. It has been getting more and more difficult over the past few years because of climate change. The meat industry for example has been modified from just a cattle farm to factories and harmful living conditions for the animals. This is why many people are vegetarian. They believe that animals are not meant to be eaten, and they want to live a healthier life. So with the stress of climate change, and the harmful processing the met factory. It isn't difficult to see why people become vegetarian. Personally, I could never do that just because, quite frankly, I don't want to. But in the end, the farming business will always struggle because of the 98% of people there dependent on feeding.

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I think that they should put taxes on meat because in doing so, people will realize what a bothersome buying meat with taxes is and will not want to buy excessive amount of meat, thus not overloading their average calorie intake, saving them from harming their body. It also protects the animals ; no worrying about an animal being endangered because people are killing them for their meat. Converting to vegetarianism won't necessarily be the solution to everything, but it does contribute greatly if we're talking about being healthy. Now I'm not saying we should completely cut off meat in our dishes, but to limit ourselves and only eat them once a while.

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Consuming as much meat as we do as US citizens is eye-opening. Doing this hurts environment by all the animals we have to use to create the meat that we eat. Vegetarianism may work in order for our environment to remain stable so that we can continue to live it. However, not all people will want to convert over to this lifestyle, so the meat tax would work a lot better so that the mass production of meat can slow down, then that will lead to less injury to the environment.

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This will sound very dumb, but think of the animals as humans. We should have had tax on the meat in the first place. If you were slaughtered and sold, you wouldn't want to be sold for only a few bucks. Animals give us meat, they deserve way better. And I wish I would turn vegetarian, but I like the meat too much and I have no problem with paying the taxes. The industry makes the animals out to be soo popular, just so we can eat them. Well, wouldn't the industry want to put taxes on the meat so that they can get more money? I see that it's unfair for us, but it's your choice if you want to eat it or not.

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Livestock in the meat industry drains water and takes up space. It also makes up 15% of greenhouse gases from human activities. If the demand for meat shrinks, then that would decrease the rate of climate change. Putting a small tax on meat and poultry could start this. In my opinion, we don't necessarily need to revert to vegetarianism, we just need to learn how to eat meat in moderation. (The USA consumes twice as much meat as other countries in the world.)

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The meat processing factories emit smoke that makes the atmosphere become more filled with the carbon dioxide waste that is within the smoke emitted from these places. This extra carbon dioxide causes global warming. I don't know how it does, but look it up.

I believe that people should be free to do whatever they please to their bodies, but there should be a limit to things that cause environmental damage, such as meat processing. So, either people become vegetarian, or they process their own meat in alternate ways that don't harm the environments.

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Referring back to what the video said from yesterday it is a human adaptation over the years to want for food, however only 2% of the population growing vegetables or raising cattle is not good enough to feed the other 98% of people hungry. Its just fact. The fact that we are doing nothing to prevent this is even more upsetting. However in the end if this continues we might just have to rely on vegetables. With the vast population still growing their will be an undeniable end to the great majestic cow. The restaurant with the "provocative nurses and a huge hamburger" that's bigger than my future serving so many customers they are unfortunately , whether the men of this great country believes it or not is making the situation even worse. But on to more pressing and serious matters the population will eventually be forced to become vegetarians, at the rate we are eating beef and meats compared to the rate we are producing both the cow population and our population is coming to a close. However as prices go higher for beef its only natural that lower income families will not be able to eat the beef.

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As much as we all love meat, i think the meat should be taxed so maybe then the amount of meat we consume can lessen.

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I think that meat it is good for you it is just base on how much you consume like you don't have to eat so much beef there is also chicken but mat gives you that protein that you need in your body yes going vegetarian could help lot of people not gain so much wait but Americans are just going t give up having a cheeseburger but there are ways you can make meat and also have it be healthy and not going all the way vegetarian Like the restaurant for example they don't have to make there burgers that big they can make the smaller with some healthy options on the menu to for people who like burger but want something healthy to go with there burger the restaurant dose not have to go about basically killing people with all tat bad food.

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It takes about 2 pounds of corn to produce 1 pound of beef in a feedlot. In addition, 1/3 of all the corn raised in the US goes to make biofuels (ethanol)

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Meat pollutes the enviroment which causes climate change. However if there is an increase in vegetarianism and a decrease in meat than there will be less pollutants.

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I think they should tax the meat a little bit so that we can lower the numbers down but not give it up completely. I was a vegetarian for a year and it was a fun experience so I think it would be good to tax meat. It would make Americans a lot healthier and the environment a lot better.

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Meat is great but from providing meat, it comes with the cost of the environment. Vegetarianism would work if people are willing, but it just doesn't seem possible with how people are so under control of meat.

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The meat industry is the start of a snowball effect. It has caused pollution, which causes climate change. Though we know pollution is bad, not everyone has converted to vegetarianism. When meat is being produced at a high rate (due to high demand) it pollutes the air we need, but if there is no meat how will we survive? Become a vegetarian, but it is not easy to convince grease loving Americans to give up meat all together. If we could limit ourselves things may change. Giving up meat could help the environment but

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Meat is good,But the amount we consume isn't.
Because it leads to many of our problems today
And id say vegetarianism is our solution to our problem but Who would give up a tasty meal for a vegetable

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The meat industry is important and it provides good food, but then we´ll run out of resources. Vegetarianism could be a solution to this, but not many people will willingly give up eating meat.

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The meat industry is frankly successful. In my opinion, people should consume less meat than what there used to. Some people don't know the consequences that are occurring environmentally. In addition , vegetarianism is another option for people if they want to consume less meat.

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Everyone eats meat and has been but if we keep doing it a the rate we are our environment will start to  collapse and run out of resources.

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I can give up meat, but I'd still like to have a little bit of it. My dad and I went on a vegetarian diet for a year, and it was actually a pretty okay experience. Except that he gave in about a month into it and I kept going. It seems to me that a lot of people like their meat and don't or barely ever plan on giving it up. The truth is Americans like their meat; They live on it. I don't think vegetarianism is possible for everyone, but it could be for some. Only about 6 percent of the US is vegan, and 3.4 percent of the adults in the US are vegetarian. I don't think we can cut down on the meat right away, but maybe if we just eat a little less meat everyday or week, we could get to eating less meat

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I don't necessarily think that eating meat is bad, just that we should limit ourselves to a point where it's not unhealthy. Meat does have a lot of nutritional value you can't really get from just eating fruits and vegetables as well.

Of course we can all just eat flint stone gummy tablets.

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These are signs that the world is about to get a lot crazier/worse. As the population grows and the climate continues to change we slowly run out of food, non renewable resources and space for agriculture. Vegetarianism is probably going to be the way of the future. There are just too many darn people of this hecking planet like what the 🤬. #nocursing

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A correlation between the meat industry and climate change would be how Livestock is responsible for some of the air pollution. A correlation between the meat industry and vegetarianism would be with the growing numbers of vegetarians the number of meat purchased sinks.

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The meat industry does provide good food, but that good food comes with the price of pollution(this leading to climate change). Vegetarianism would help a lot. It doesn't seem like many more people will quit consuming meat due to that, though. I don't necessarily think that eating meat is a bad thing. Although, there could be a limit put in place to reduce the harm of it. Meat is just too good to some.

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If the meat industry continues to grow at a high rate at which more resources are being used than obtained that will put a harm to the environment.

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The meat industry is growing and booming; the fear of the animals used for meat consumption like cows especially. This demand for meat is causing climate change and animal scarcity, this can cause a scare in the environmental factor which can cause people to support and advocate vegan and vegetarian lifestyles.

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In my opinion, I'm not willing to give up meat. Quite frankly, most people won't want to. However, I am willing to have less of it. I think that if we remove meat from our diets completely, then there will be a bad consequence sooner or later. If the climate is going to change because the majority of the world's population are meat-eaters, then who is to say that it won't also change if the majority was vegetarian. I think that we can have a stable environment and a healthy lifestyle with the right amount of both meat and vegetables.

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The meat industry is very successful but as the meat industry increases at its success-ability the environment is being harmed. I don’t think people should turn into vegetarians but people should be more aware and more educated. I don’t know what to write haha

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The meat industry provides excellent food, but it pollutes our air and we lose our resources. Now being a vegetarian will make us lose Iconic figures like John Cena or The Rock who's muscles come from protein made from meat, but to lower obesity rates and climate change vegetarian is the way [insert exclamation mark]

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As the meat environment grows the possibility of a damaged environment also grows. It seems very unlikely that people will abandon meat due to how common it is.