Here are some similarities between meat and oil:
- Both are subsidized by the feds
- We’re consuming neither in a sustainable way
- Many Western consumers consider them a birthright
- Their consequences are getting harder to ignore
- Both industries keep the media away from the crime scenes
Here’s one difference, though. We can’t control the oil flowing into the Gulf of Mexico, but we can control our consumption of factory-farmed meat.
We can’t control the oil flowing into the Gulf of Mexico, but we can control our consumption of oil in almost the same way we can control our consumption of factory-farmed meat. Granted, it’s easier to control your intake of meat than it is your use of oil.