That's a slippery slope yer on IMO. Whether or not people overeat is immaterial to how much fossil fuel equivalent they use if they bike, which depends on their diet. We could just as easily say that we're gonna burn "X" amount of gasoline anyway, so there's no point in driving more fuel efficient cars. IMO we should look at the well to wheels, so to speak, eff for any fuel source. Also, meat may not be too bad depending on where it came from. I mean, it's no potato, but it's also not lettuce.