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>Of all the mammals on Earth, 96% are livestock and humans, only 4% are wild mammals >70% of birds are chickens and other poultry The articles fails to menti
by John_KZ 8y ago
>Of all the mammals on Earth, 96% are livestock and humans, only 4% are wild mammals
>70% of birds are chickens and other poultry
The articles fails to mention the obvious fact that these ratios are shifted because we breed more livestock animals, not because we kill wild ones.
>All life on Earth is made up of 82% plants and found in 86% on land 1% in the oceans
Which is also a completely wrong statement. Anyone with a highschool diploma knows that the ocean contains a huge amount of biomass, probably larger than all terrestrial life combined.
The article seems to be taking the position that we should only have an effect on the environment proportional to our biomass ratio with other mammals. I don't understand this idea. Are they saying more humans should die, or that more animals should die? What kind of ratio are they optimizing for?