Would everyone becoming a vegan be good for the Earth?

This paper is not really that profound.

I never said it was profound.

The conclusion you're referring to is basically "there exists marginal land that is suitable for grazing but unsuitable for plant agriculture".

Not really. The conclusion I made and referenced was that a vegan diet feeds more than a high meat omnivore diet but less than say a vegetarian diet.

First is that we have way more land that we can grow plants on than we are not using now.

Something like 16% of America's land is arable which we are using most of.

Second is that we still could grow crops on this marginal land if we wanted to, but it would require specialized plant strains and crops people don't really want to eat.

Assuming we could grow crops on this land would we want to if people don't want it?

Current ag output is more than enough to support the world population on a vegan diet.

If we are talking entire world AG output then probably. We produce some 300 tonnes of meat globally.

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