This is getting downvoted because it's snarky, but look, barbecue is a cultural staple. The climate/PETA/imitation beef proponents are just priming to pump on the Virtue-Signaling-Politicization-Industrial complex, which will inevitably transform the cheeseburger into a political statement.

The last thing we need is to turn cheeseburgers into a political statement.

You want to make real progress?

Don't pick fights with hourislate's barbecue--it sounds like a great time.

At least in the US, there's no chance of convincing more than a tiny minority of people to give up cheeseburgers and barbecue.

But on the other hand, if you promote non-meat dishes from around the world (falafel, shakshuka, black bean tacos, pastas, you get the idea) it's entirely possible for the average person who eats meat every day to switch for a few meals per week, whether they're motivated by climate, health, or just really liking tacos.

And take a hard look at restaurant portion sizes. In a lot of cases they've doubled since the 1980's.

It's easy to imagine this as a 25% reduction in meat usage, without picking a losing battle against backyard barbecues.