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> food production has kept up with population growth through past centuries of development that doesn't mean its sustainable. And what would you feed these fis
by devmunchies 9y ago
> food production has kept up with population growth through past centuries of development
that doesn't mean its sustainable. And what would you feed these fish farms?
- kobeya 9y agoAgriculture which has also kept up with productivity improvements. "It must be unsustainable" is not an argument.
- devmunchies 9y agoIt has only kept up because it receives billions in subsidies. Most of the ag subsidies go to animal based agriculture or agriculture for animal's food (soy, corn, etc). The productivity improvements are artificially inflated. Cows and pigs need lots of water and lots of food (soy, corn, etc). Considering all of the required space for the animals, and the space to grow the food for the animals, and all of the required gallons of water for the animals and to grow their food, and all of the antibiotics the animals are given, then no, its not sustainable or scaleable. I don't know where you got the idea that they are keeping up with productivity improvements, or if you are simply making assumptions. The meat is the lowest quality its ever been and line speeds are too fast to be properly inspected. Animals have to be given so much antibiotics and medications.