I see, so your definition of luxury good is “something that can be functionally replaced.” I was thinking of the economic definition.

I don’t think meat to be functionally replaceable with plant proteins. Heme-iron alone makes it very difficult to do, since iron from plants is far less bioavailable. What does a vegan diet do for Vitamin B12? Conspicuous consumption is not necessary for survival, but B12 very much is.

I don’t notice a day-to-day difference.

Changes from nutrition can take a long time to become manifest. I wish you longevity and good health.

Commercial meat is a luxury

This is a take I’ve never heard before, it’s not how I think luxury goods are defined, and I’m now genuinely curious as to what you consider a luxury product. Do you think that eating some chicken is the same as wearing a Hermes handbag, or driving a Lamborghini?

because it can be entirely replaced by other calories + nutrients + supplements.

This reads to me like it cannot be replaced without supplementation, which seems to be a critical flaw for people who are unable to supplement. I’m also of the opinion that calories are not a useful measure for nutrition, since our bodies are not bomb calorimeters.

Do you think say perhaps AI emissions are less of a luxury product than food?

If you look at the source of the data for emissions it’s unclear that it’s all from meat production: https://ourworldindata.org/greenhouse-gas-emissions-food

Even if we take at face value that meat accounts for 60% of industrial agriculture emissions, as a proportion of total emissions that is still only 0.6 * 26% = ~16%. It’s sizable, but perhaps we should be addressing the elephants in the room, in the “non-food” section, first.

Hah!

Unless your ISP won’t support DHCPv6-PD until you pay them extra… want to guess how I know this?

Elegant!