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Got me there

I never said anything about not eating meat at all. If everyone had a paleo diet we would still be eating A LOT less meat.

The idea of the vegan diet being "good for humanity" isn't solely about land use which this article focuses on. It's mostly about use of energy.

Vegan diet: food from land -> truck -> grocery store -> my mouth.

Meat/dairy/what have you: food from land -> truck -> animal's mouth -> truck -> grocery store -> my mouth.

And when it comes to meat it means years feeding and water etc. until the product can actually be sent to the store. That's the idea behind it being "good for humanity". A lot of energy/pollution/water use is going into something we simply do not need in such large portions. If we ate less meat (like humans have been doing for most of our history) things would be a lot better for the environment and therefore humanity.