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It is still less efficient that growing food humans can use directly
by dmbche 2y ago
It is still less efficient that growing food humans can use directly
- jfim 2y agoIt depends. Cattle grazing allows for use of land that would be otherwise unsuitable for agriculture. On the other hand, for land that would be suitable for agriculture, you're right that you'll get more output calories per area without having cows involved.
- smallerfish 2y agoWell maybe - but what percentage of a typical "grass fed" cow's calories are from the feedlot they spend the last N months of their lives in (where they are fattened up)? If humans eating plant derived food is 5x more efficient that using it to raise meat is (from memory this is low), then for your argument to carry weight, we'd want > 80%. How common is that?
- dmbche 2y agoCowspiracy might answer some of your questions
- adrianN 2y agoIf you grow food for humans you always produce some waste that can be eaten by animals. The levels of animal husbandry you can sustain with that water are of course an order of magnitude or two lower than what we have today