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Are we also considering the pounds of plants that the animal had to eat to grow to such a size? I should imagine it takes quite a lot of food to raise a one ton
by veonik 6y ago
Are we also considering the pounds of plants that the animal had to eat to grow to such a size? I should imagine it takes quite a lot of food to raise a one ton cow for slaughter. At least one ton of plant material as food, right? To produce how many pounds of meat? 750lbs seems reasonable.
So if you had 2750lbs of plant food for yourself, vs just the 750 lbs of meat -- which has more nutrients?
(I do not know the answer myself, but I can see where it could be argued that meat is not more nutritious, pound for pound)
- nightski 6y agoHumans can't digest grass. While we do feed cows corn for at least a portion of their life, it doesn't need to be as prolific as it is. But we also feed them things like beet pulp pellets and molasses - both of which are by products of sugar production. Unless we are going to stop eating sugar what else would you do with this waste?
- chickenpotpie 6y agoHumans eat molasses too...
- nightski 6y agoCane molasses. Sorry I wasn't clear - I was primarily talking about sugar beet molasses which is used for animal feed.
- _Microft 6y agoYou might be interested in these: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trophic_level#Biomass_transfer_efficiency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trophic_level#Biomass_transfer... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_efficiency#Ten_percent_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_efficiency#Ten_perc...