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We already grow enough plant matter on land to feed to entire world population, we just feed most of it to animals instead. If we stop fishing, we don’t need t
by PretzelPirate 5y ago
We already grow enough plant matter on land to feed to entire world population, we just feed most of it to animals instead.
If we stop fishing, we don’t need to use more land to grow more food, we just need to shift consumption towards plants and away from inefficient options like cows.
- pvaldes 5y ago> If we stop fishing, we don’t need to use more land to grow more food > we just need to shift consumption towards plants Both terms are contradictory. Why are we still discussing basic reality facts? Plants need land to grow. Lots of it.
- ada1981 5y agoAs has been pointed out, the majority of land is used to grow plants to feed animals - also not needed for consumption. Not sure re discussing basic facts, but happy to help you get a handle on reality.
- kuhewa 5y agoIn some idealized world where everyone acts collectively toward the goal of minimising animal production, sure, but that's not actually how it works. If the supply of fish is constrained, demand for terrestrial animal protein and related land use increases. For arguments sake though, let's grant that all terrestrial food production becomes plant based: adding some well managed fishing would then reduce the land footprint required to produce the calories we need. Some of the ecosystems that have been razed into biodiversity deserts to produce crops won't be needed for agriculture, and can return to wilderness.