Plant-based diets will not save the world. While ruminants produce methane gas, a greenhouse gas with a much higher global warming potential than carbon dioxide, methane breaks down in the atmosphere within 10 years, compared to the 100 years and more for carbon dioxide.
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The industrial processes used to manufacture ersatz animal products, such as the burger patties mentioned, are as unfriendly to the environment as the process of producing animal products.