LessWrong: some people portray eating meat as evil, and not eating meat as the bare minimum to be a decent person. But it may be more persuasive to portray eating meat as neutral, and to portray not eating meat as an insanely awesome opportunity to do a massive amount of good.
If you do the math, the problem is that “not eating meat” does not do a massive amount of good in any utility calculation that people provide. If people calculate dollar numbers for how much you would need to donate to offset it, those numbers aren’t that high.
If you do the math, the problem is that “not eating meat” does not do a massive amount of good in any utility calculation that people provide. If people calculate dollar numbers for how much you would need to donate to offset it, those numbers aren’t that high.