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Nice shifting of the goal post! At first it's too expensive, now it doesn't have the right density and takes too much time to prepare?
Apart from that, you already get most of your nutrition from plants: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/calorie-supply-by-food-group
This is not because people don't eat as much meat, but rather because meat is really inefficient in providing energy when it comes down to farm area.
Veganism might not solve all our problems, but it's an easy way of getting rid of a lot of environmental problems. Apart from the direct impacts, we could start regrowing the amazon forest instead of cutting it down even further https://ourworldindata.org/what-has-driven-deforestation-in-the-21st-century
I do agree, that it's - depending on where you live, the USA is really fucked up - not always easy to switch to being vegan, but it's definitely a societal problem, not a technical one.
the goalposts never moved. the volume it would take to equal the same caloric intake would be more expensive and impossible to consume.
ever tried to eat a whole cup of rice in one sitting? you'll throw up. if you're fortunate enough to eat three meals a day you'll be eating 3 cups of rice daily, and that's per person.
in a six person family that's 3 pounds of rice per meal! at $1.77 per 2 pound bag of rice. in a month the 6 person family would consume 90 pounds at $159 in rice alone. include all the other ingredients and it's costly.