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There are about 100 million cattle in the US today. Assuming 75% are fully grown and the remainder weightless, that comes in at 75 million tons of cattle. I h
by mchannon 8y ago
There are about 100 million cattle in the US today. Assuming 75% are fully grown and the remainder weightless, that comes in at 75 million tons of cattle.
I have no trouble visualizing 75 million tons of cattle, so why is it so challenging to visualize 5 million tons of milking spiders? Setting up distributed shipping containers to replace centralized dairies and feedlots seems quite easy to me.
No need to torture yourself on whether I'm being serious or not. I think it's a nice thought exercise and perhaps even a business model.