Burgers As We Fry?

Beef is one of the most environmentally-demanding sources of dietary protein. Cattle raising, requires lots of space, masses of water and incredible amounts of animal feed. Cattle also bletch out methane, which is a very potent 'greenhouse gas'. It's long been argued that Brazil's Amazon rainforest is essential for maintaining our planet's climate. In a mere 6 years, however, 1.7m hectares of the Amazon has been cleared. This has been to meet an apparently insatiable world-wide demand for Brazilian beef (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/02/more-than-800m-amazon-trees-felled-in-six-years-to-meet-beef-demand). This 6 years of Amazon destruction, involved felling 800m trees, just to accommodate the cattle. Eight hundred million trees, that could have been storing carbon dioxide (another 'greenhouse gas')! Although some retailers claim to only source meat, not involving forest clearance, there seem to be many loop-holes in the supply chain. Clearly, we can have our Brazilian beef but we'll all be frying on the side.