If someone complains to me about the financial cost or the time cost of
eating vegan, I’d try to figure out if they’re really ignorant, really lazy, or
just plain dumb. In my experience, it’s frequently a blend of all three:
ignorance + laziness + general stupidity. Fortunately, those are all treatable
conditions for those who wish to be cured.
Of course eating vegan is also a lot less burdensome on the environment
and on our resources like water, electricity, and fuel. Instead of growing
plant foods, feeding them to animals, and then eating the animals, it’s much
more efficient all around to eat plant foods directly.
Turning animals into products is incredibly wasteful. It’s been calculated
that if the cost to the environment were taken into account, the true cost of a
hamburger would be about $200 today.
Eat Vegan While Traveling
Eating vegan while traveling is super easy. If you want to find vegan food
nearby, just use HappyCow (the website or the app). I often use the
HappyCow app on my phone while traveling in a new city. It uses GPS to
get my location and shows me nearby places to get vegan food, including
restaurants and grocery stores. I can also see other people’s reviews. When I