There could be a wide variety of reasons why people become vegetarians.
Some go into it in order to alleviate animal suffering, some do it because for the pursuit of a healthier lifestyle, while others adopt it because of their passion for sustainability and wish to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and thus to save the climate and our environment. But have you ever imagined what the world will look like if everyone or the larger percentage of the world population is a vegetarian?
Of course there will be lots of physical, mental, and climatic development. Let us together look into the new world free of meats.
#1: Reduced death rate and healthcare costs
The consumption of red meats and other dairy products have been linked to various serious medical problems and increased death rate over the years. Numerous chronic diseases ranging from diabetes, cataract, cardiovascular diseases, kidney stones, to stroke and obesity have found their root in consumption of meat. However, the new world of vegetarian will be a world with reduced death rate with little spending on healthcare.
#2: New Land Availability
Another major feature we would see in global vegetarianism would be expanses of new land available.
Presently, up to 26% of the world's land surface is being used for grazing by ruminants, including cows and their kin. Global vegetarianism would definitely create a perfect chance to make land much cheaper and available on the whole.
#3: A Healthy and Secured Climate
It could be very devastating to know that our meat-eating habit puts a lot of stress on the ecological system. One-third of all greenhouse gas emission from anthropogenic activities that happens worldwide is as a result of food production, and the bulk of responsibility for this large percentage is coming from the livestock industry. The world been a vegetarian world will be a world where the climate is more secured.
#4: Lowered Risk of Antibiotics Resistance
If the world goes veggie, there is surely going to be a significant reduction in the cases of antibiotic resistance both in pathogens and in humans. This is because the current routine use of antibiotics in animal farming either to enhance weight gain or prevent illness is becoming a major factor contributing to antibiotic resistance in our world today.
#5: Reduced Levels of Deforestation
Recently, in the last 30 years, global agri-business has turned to our tropical rainforest; obviously not for their timbers but for the land that can be used for grazing cattle or for growing soya and palm oil – soya has now become the major crop used as feeds for chickens. But when the whole world turned vegetarian, there will be a significant reduction in the levels of deforestation and we can again have the wild for ourselves and use it for its most important purpose – growing timbers.
Even if it looks too realistic to have the entire world become vegetarians, we can still find a middle path where most of us can actually stop giving our money to factory farms and eat less meat than we are currently.
