What Would Happen If Everyone Suddenly Stopped Eating Meat?
This story was originally published byGrist. Raising animals consumes a lot of land that could otherwise soak up carbon. Cows, sheep, and goats spew heat-trapping methane. Photo: Jeff Schear (Getty Images) But what would happen if everyone actually stopped eating meat tomorrow? Such a quick shift probably wouldnt cause the sort of turmoil that would come if the planetimmediately ditchedfossil fuels. One-third of the protein and nearlyone-fifthof the calories that people eat around the world come from animals....