people might well have to travel less far, or at least less often.

i don't think absolute vegetarianism would fit every one, but meat-eating has become so out of proportion right now, and causes untold damages down the line, from making people more aggressive, to causing more cancers, heart disease etc.

the pollution to groundwater due to manure lakes from agribusiness factory farming is reason enough to reduce demand, imo.

but the best reason is the effect on one's health of a modulated, practical vegetarianism, and on the health of whole societies.

The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. Chinese Proverb.