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Growing large amount of edible plants, feeding those to animals for months or years, and then eating the resulting meat is in itself pretty inefficient. A lot o
by Gasp0de 3y ago
Growing large amount of edible plants, feeding those to animals for months or years, and then eating the resulting meat is in itself pretty inefficient. A lot of water, energy, and, in extension, carbon emissions could be saved by just not eating (so much) meat. Humans are perfectly capable of living from an entirely vegan or at least vegetarian diet and it is much better for the environment and the climate: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/20/vegan-diet-cuts-environmental-damage-climate-heating-emissions-study https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/20/vegan-di...
- Scoundreller 3y agoAlso worth adding that growing crops for bioethanol and biodiesel is incredibly inefficient too. You get roughly 10x the energy capture through photovoltaics. 75% of US corn production goes to ethanol and animal feed: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/time-to-rethink-corn/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/time-to-rethink-c...
- mrguyorama 3y agoDespite the marketing, the main reason we continue to use ethanol is because it's a great octane booster, especially compared to TEL (leaded gasoline) and MTBE which was poisoning everyone around gas stations. If you want modern engines, you need that octane, and ethanol is a great, cheap, safe way to do it. If you want to stop putting Ethanol into gasoline, you have to find a new octane booster that is dirt cheap, doesn't kill anyone, and won't require anyone change their engines. Or just wait for BEVs to take over.