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While drought and the water requirements for livestock could have had an impact it is strange that pork was singled out when it uses 1/2 to 1/3 of the water pe
by evgen 8y ago
While drought and the water requirements for livestock could have had an impact it is strange that pork was singled out when it uses 1/2 to 1/3 of the water per kilo of dressed weight of lamb or beef respectively.
- stevenwoo 8y agoYes, you raise a good point and it does seem it would be hard to discern root causes just from the bones left as trash by previous civilizations - should probably have said it could be speculated, though lamb and cattle can survive on a diet that cannot sustain a pig, the pigs would be competing with humans for the same calories.