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Phoenix666 [soylentnews.org] writes:

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Climate change has become an ethical issue in the eyes of the Danish Council for Ethics, which suggested last week that the government consider a tax on beef [treehugger.com], and eventually all foods depending on climate impact.

Denmark is considering a nation-wide tax on red meat. This would encourage people to eat less of it, which is necessary if global climate change is to be kept below the recommended limit of 2°C.

The Danish Council of Ethics, which proposed this tax, has called the Danish way of life unsustainable and said in a press release [etiskraad.dk] that “Danes are ethically obliged to change [their] eating habits.” The Council recommends that the tax start with beef, then eventually extend to all red meats, with the long-term goal of applying to all foods depending on their climate impact.

Tempeh is fine, but a well-cooked steak is divine.

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