Question

Read the excerpt from "A Defense of Veganism."


The final major claim against veganism is that it is just some kind of radical environmental movement in disguise; that in fact, veganism does not protect the environment. This claim is pretty ridiculous. Why? Because meat production actually takes a massive toll on our planet. How massive? Well, according to a United Nations' report cited on the Mother Nature Network site, the production, consumption, and disposal of meat results in get ready 70 percent of the world's water consumption, a full 38 percent of the world's land use, and almost 20 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions.
How does the author address the counter-argument in this excerpt?
A. The writer gives details on climate change to show the counter-argument is not true.
B. The writer provides facts about meat production to refute the counter-argument.
C. The writer makes outrageous claims about meat to support the counter-argument.
D. The writer shows that the environmental movement provides fictional claims about veganism.

Answer 1

The counter-argument that the author addresses is that veganism does not protect the environment. To fight this argument the author shows how harmful meat production is to the environment. The answer is B.

Answer 2

The author addresses the counter-argument in the above excerpt by providing facts about meat production to refute the counter-argument.

The correct option is B.

In the excerpt, he presents through the facts what damages the production of meat bring to the environment. In his article ‘In Defense of Eating Meat’, Timothy Hsiao argued that consuming the animal products is bad but not morally bad because it provides nutritional values to the humans.