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The dairy cow is the most efficient means of turning grass on a rocky hillside into human-usable protein [0]. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20061802 htt
by teslabox 5y ago
The dairy cow is the most efficient means of turning grass on a rocky hillside into human-usable protein [0].
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20061802 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20061802
- reacharavindh 5y agoThere seems to be a hidden fallacy here. If cows were free range eating _only_ from non productive grass, then sure, they helped turn them into useful proteins in an efficient way. However, we(humans) as we always do, took things too far, and have been turning lots of wild land to make grass as food for these cows that eventually turn them into proteins. That only leads to more and more grass production and burping cows :-(
- jka 5y agoCan you link to the book, out of interest?
- teslabox 5y agoAs best I can figure that one's in a box of books. If I ever get a chance to unpack them all, it's one of the books I'm looking for. I'll favorite your comment here, and try to get back to you. :) This is not the reference, but something I just found on google books about the efficiency of dairy cows: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Farming_the_Business_Magazine/q_hEAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=dairy+cow+rocky+hillside+grass+efficient&pg=PA200&printsec=frontcover https://www.google.com/books/edition/Farming_the_Business_Ma... (responding to request for the reference for the dairy cow as an efficient converter of grass on rocky hillsides).
- jka 5y agoNo worries, thank you :)