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And the ethical concern that often goes unmentioned is hope the rearing of animals for food has left barely any room on earth for wild animals. If anyone can fi
by roryisok 9y ago
And the ethical concern that often goes unmentioned is hope the rearing of animals for food has left barely any room on earth for wild animals. If anyone can find that biomass breakdown chart it's pretty scary. Something like 90% of the biomass on earth is human food
- RobertoG 9y agoDo you mean animal biomass? Even so, I thought that the winners there are insects.
- oldcynic 9y agoIt may not be the one you were thinking of, but there's an xkcd for that: https://www.xkcd.com/1338/ https://www.xkcd.com/1338/
- roryisok 9y agoIt actually was that I was thinking of. And now I feel slightly silly for not only getting a key detail wrong but also using a comic as a source of facts. I'm sure Randall Munroe did his research but still.
- DennisP 9y agoHis main source is a book by Vaclav Smil, he cites it at the bottom of the comic.