| > vegetarian dishes have to be more appealing to the public at large That is just a question of habit and education. If you are used to veggie food, the meat is not appealing to you. Tastes are things we build, not stuff we are born with. Vegetarianism will not become a norm, if it does, because of one factor only. For such a strong cultural habit, you need several factors. It may happen under a combination of the following: - meat production is costing too much ressources (land, water, energy, etc) compared to the food it produce
- meat production does manage to feed the growing propulation;
- mass meat production will revealed to be more and more unhealthy, either by nature, because of the artificial products we use for it, or because of the pollution it causes;
- it's effect on global warming will trigger a similar reaction as the one we had about CFC. I doubt it though. I see more and more people consumming less meat around me, I'm a vegetarian myself, but I can't see a shift happening any time soon. BTW, morality is a very weak factor. It never stopped people to drink and do something stupid, it never stopped people from bying iphones built by children, and it never made them choose a proper president. |
The election system in the US prevents that from ever happening.