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Comments like this show how out of touch the average person is with how much waste is involved in animal products - particularly beef. We can so easily grow en
by onlyrealcuzzo 5y ago
Comments like this show how out of touch the average person is with how much waste is involved in animal products - particularly beef.
We can so easily grow enough food to feed everyone.
Livestock takes up >80% of land, yet produces <20% of calories.
The <20% of land that is used to grow food - only ~55% goes to feed people. The rest goes to animals and ethanol.
The apocalypse is nowhere near close.
The Earth's crust is ~2.5% potassium. A lower supply of Potash is not going to cause the end of the world.
- jiveturkey42 5y agoHow much arable land does livestock take up?
- kickout 5y agoNot much, most of that land literally has no use besides animal grazing.
- trompetenaccoun 5y agoThe majority of animals doesn't "graze", they're locked in factory farms. And you're ignoring the land needed to grow the feed, which makes a major difference.
- goatlover 5y agoSpeaking of beef, there's a lot of cows that graze in the US West on a lot of pasture.
- legulere 5y agoAt least here in Europe most meat is produced with animal feed grown on arable land (mostly in South America).
- onlyrealcuzzo 5y agoNearly everywhere cattle can graze, you can grow other crops. As a percentage of all livestock land usage, there is not much chicken, goat, or pig grazing left in the world. It is true most other livestock CAN utilize land that can't be used efficiently for other forms of agriculture. In practice, less so.
- User23 5y agoThere's not much use for the heaths in western England besides grazing sheep.
- kristjansson 5y agoWho eats the animals?