On page 201, McKibben states that “industrial livestock production is essentially indefensible from an ethical, ecological and other point of view”. One example McKibben uses is the poor treatment of cows. Cows stay on farms and then are slaughtered, even though we have land for them to roam. McKibben is certain that it is wrong for animals to be treated in this way, when in the past they were able to move with reason. In addition to the "dilemma of killing something and then putting it in your mouth" (p. 203). McKibben explains that it doesn't help the atmosphere at all and therefore intensive farming cannot be