That is wrong actually. It takes more land clearing to accommodate livestock to feed less people compared to the same amount of land needed to feed more people if it is used for agriculture. So going vegetarian definitely is more eco-friendly.

Go for busy commercial areas with substantial student population. You can consider Section 1 and Section 8 in PJ, SS15 and SS16 (Carrefour foodcourt or one of the apartment shoplots) in Subang Jaya, or Sunway Mentari.

Chicken and pigs are one source of proteins, but you are forgetting sheeps and cattle.

Let me quote here a few lines from the energy debate in the EU about how biofuels would affect global consumption.

"To give those attending the evening debate in The Hague some idea of the scale of the biofuels discussion, FD Intelligence director and moderator Fred Bakker started off with a few brief facts. For instance, that biomass currently accounts for 11% of world energy consumption, but that more than 90% of that is classified as "traditional biomass", i.e. the firewood, animal manure and harvest waste that is used as fuel in poor countries. And that at least 40, some say as much as 50% of all the world's foodstuffs is used to feed livestock and thereby produce animal protein, i.e. meat for human consumption."

Now imagine the impossible and the entire world decides to stop eating livestock, 50% of the world's foodstuff will be suddenly available.

And here is another excerpt about how sustainable a meatarian compared to a vegetarian.

"In Helma Kip's opinion, the market should decide what use land is put to, pointing out that on average about 250 kilos of fodder are needed to produce one kilo of meat. "Here I can quote Dutch MP Diederik Samson, who once said that a vegetarian in an SUV is actually behaving more sustainably than a meat-eater in a Toyota Prius.""

250kg of fodder can be from food to waste to produce 1 kg of edible meat. Even if 5% of those 250kg fodder is actually edible, it would still be more than the 1kg of meat being produced. So now imagine 50% of the world's food stuff production is actually made available for human consumption instead of being used to fatten up pigs and cattle to produce a smaller portion of tastier food.

Yes it is true some irresponsible corporations clearing land indiscriminately for agriculture. Even the EU is blaming Malaysia for unhealthy emmisions because plantation companies are clearing wetlands to be used as plantation for palm oil. Wetlands are known to be CO2 reserves thereby trapping them, but clearing it will release it to the atmosphere. But agriculture does not have to mean less trees though. It can be sustainable and if enough research poured into it, yields can be better and improvements to land usage will not deplete the minerals in the land.

I do agree with you however the term "eco-friendly" is being misused and abused for maximisation of profit. That is something for the local goverments and their enforcement abilities to control it.

So I still have to disagree with you that eating more vege will be a cause of environmental concern. Eating less meat or replacing it with vege has always been more healthy, more environmentally and ecologically friendly.

i am a vegetarian , feel interested in it, i will be ur first customer when u open it

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Added on March 27, 2008, 10:33 am
stop argue lar ok?since wat u concern is price matters and expensive matter thats why this thread rm2 vegetarian exist lor..

Yup, you need to check your eyes    Pls reread what I posted - I was answering Sher Li's question on good places to set up such a shop. Anyway, you should try the vegetarian chap fun stalls - the prices are no higher than normal chap fun.

dun live for wat u concern, just be ur self man, i doesnt even care wat those eco matter like above mention, i dun eat for wat world peace or wat religion matter  or watever freak, i just want to be healthier , dun care for those mock meat lar, i doesnt even care how ppl eat, i just eat according to healthest way, those mock meat can be consider for those not fulll vege or not so like "pure vege" punya ppl makam punya, considering u not a pure vege but u force to eat plain vege like only green vege and toufu, will u feel fed up eating everyday, ofcos u will or other ppl will right?if u dun like those mock meat, just dun eat it, eat wat u favoured, be ur self k?

This concept is like AirAsia. Target the lower income group, after a while even the middle income group will join in the rush. Later, other competitors try to reduce their price & consumers have everything to gain.

Now everyone can eat RM2!

What about the oils that are used to cook the vegetables? 

If vegetarian food is cooked with animal oil then it is not called vegetarian food.
Nobody use animal oil to do commercial cooking. It is too expensive and difficult to get.

Just imagine a piece of normal roti canai cost 70 sen, if made with ghee it cost a whopping 2 bucks.

These RM2 vege restaurants have been going on for a long time, at least a few years if I remember correctly. I personally know 2, and eaten then before. One in bandar mahkota cheras, and another one cant remember where exactly, should be around taman connaught or tayton. Their food are tasty but if you hate the taste and smell of star anise, then you might not like the food there.