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What are the pros and cons of vegetarianism? What are the pros and cons of vegetarianism?
Pros of vegetarianism Pros of vegetarianism
Cons of vegetarianism Cons of vegetarianism
Vegetarianism reduces carbon emissions Vegetarianism reduces carbon emissions
Vegetarianism reduces risk for disease Vegetarianism reduces risk for disease
Vegetarianism helps stop animal cruelty Vegetarianism helps stop animal cruelty
Humans aren't meant to eat meat Humans aren't meant to eat meat
Eating meat is immoral Eating meat is immoral
A diet that lacks meat also lacks important nutrients A diet that lacks meat also lacks important nutrients
Vegetarianism can have a large carbon footprint Vegetarianism can have a large carbon footprint
Vegetarianism hurts and damages regional diets Vegetarianism hurts and damages regional diets
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What are the pros and cons of vegetarianism?
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Cons of vegetarianism

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Vegetarianism can have a large carbon footprint

A vegetarian diet can harm the environment due to eating fruits/vegetables that are imported because they aren't locally in season.
Dr. Keeve Nachman
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Popular fruits such as blueberries and strawberries are often imported in by air when they're out of season locally. Meanwhile, millions of hectares of forest have been cleared in the past years to make land for the production of palm oil, soy, and cacao.[1] Other foods like nuts, rice, olives, and oats require thousands upon thousands of liters of fresh water for a single kilogram. A purely vegetarian diet can be seriously detrimental to the environment. The carbon footprint of a vegetarian, depending on what he/she eats, could be as large as that of the average meat eater.

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[P1] A vegetarian diet contributes to a large carbon footprint and isn't environmentally sustainable.

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  1. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200211-why-the-vegan-diet-is-not-always-green
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