[ceejayoz]

The charts in The Guardian's article indicate cheese is much more environmentally friendly than beef consumption.

[ddebernardy]

Indeed, but having heard it once, I found it rather mortifying to hear a milk cow mourn its calf for days on end after the latter got taken away from it. This is about animal welfare more than CO2 emissions. Lab-grown meat and related products can't come fast enough.

[jamesgagan]

that's true, yet cheese is still in the top 5 on the chart and still produces much higher emissions than plant based alternatives.