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You think it’s more realistic (and better for the environment) to farm seaweed at global beef production scale? You’d have to dredge up so much seaweed and ship
by albertgoeswoof 5y ago
You think it’s more realistic (and better for the environment) to farm seaweed at global beef production scale? You’d have to dredge up so much seaweed and ship it all the way to the cows, it would be insanely bad for marine environments and so expensive to do at that scale. Meanwhile growing feed from the ground can be done right beside the cows at rock bottom prices.
There are millions (billions?) of people that don’t eat cows, it is not unrealistic for people to stop eating them, culture changes very quickly
- ars 5y agoSee my reply here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28517488 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28517488 You can skip the seaweed and just give the active ingredient.
- slothtrop 5y agoI don't think you understand the scale and flexibility of seaweed farming. But the feed itself is already poised to be adopted by large producers - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-09/world-s-top-beef-supplier-approves-methane-busting-cow-feed https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-09/world-s-t.... > it is not unrealistic for people to stop eating them It's unrealistic to force them unless necessary. Beef industry in some places is subsidized, demand can easily be curbed by removing subsidies or taxing. That isn't even on the table yet.
- tw04 5y ago“I don’t know why we need birth control, people can just stop having sex until they’re ready to reproduce” When you start your response from a place that is unreasonable, nobody is going to give you the time of day. Telling people to just stop eating beef is both unreasonable and just flat out not going to happen in at least several generations with many steps in between - if it ever happens.