How to Make a Nation of Meat Eaters Crave the Humble Bean

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1. When garnished with familiar condiments, veggy-burgers and veggy-dogs can be indistinguishable from meat versions, at least to me.

2. Even in r/climate, there are a lot of participants who refuse to reduce their meat consumption when those “change your diet to have a livable future” posts are submitted. They frequently offer “convincing” data like, “A single flight in a private jet is worse than a lifetime of eating meat” to justify it, which conveniently ignores that there is a comparative handful of private jets in the world, yet billions of meat eaters. And along with that is the fact that when a poor person’s income/wealth increases, they inevitably increase their meat consumption, joining the others who already eat a meat-heavy diet.

   Want to get people to change their diet and eat less meat, especially beef? Get rid of the subsidies that keep the prices artificially low. Hit people in their wallets. Make them pay the *real* price for their meat-centric diet for the first time in their privileged lives.

   *The United States federal government spends $38 billion every year subsidizing the meat and dairy industries. Research from 2015 shows this subsidization reduces the price of Big Macs from $13 to $5 and the price of a pound of hamburger meat from $30 to the $5 we see today.*

   [~https://www.aier.org/article/the-true-cost-of-a-hamburger/~](https://www.aier.org/article/the-true-cost-of-a-hamburger/)

3. The easiest, cheapest, most impactful, healthiest, most ethical, most environmentally friendly way you can stop climate change is to go Vegan. Here are some good recipe sites to get you started: [https://www.eatfigsnotpigs.com/](https://www.eatfigsnotpigs.com/) [https://theeburgerdude.com/](https://theeburgerdude.com/) [https://thehiddenveggies.com/](https://thehiddenveggies.com/)

4. Black Bean Brownies

   https://alegumeaday.com/chocolate-chunk-black-bean-brownies-with-cherries-and-toasted-pecans/

   Tropical White Bean Smoothie

   https://alegumeaday.com/tropical-white-bean-smoothie/

   Pinto Bean Pie

   https://alegumeaday.com/pinto-bean-pie/

5. Get rid of the carbs.

6. i crave the humble bean

7. lectins bad

8. We don’t have to give up meat entirely. Just don’t eat it every single meal of every single fricken day!