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Immediately I think this is silly. While There is an argument to be made for health benefits or moral upidityness of being a Vegetarian, it is stupid to rule ou
by dkhenry 14y ago
Immediately I think this is silly. While There is an argument to be made for health benefits or moral upidityness of being a Vegetarian, it is stupid to rule out the benefits a fully working ecosystem gives you in terms of resource availability and renewability. Animals are good for more then just eating !
- Kim_Bruning 14y agoYou need (rule-of-thumb) 10* as much energy (solar/light input) or 10* the amount of land for a none-vegetarian diet. In an early off-world colony, that might be prohibitively expensive.
- dkhenry 14y agoThis is not just about providing food. Thats my whole point. You may be able to provide sustance with less ground/light, but what about keeping the soil fertle ? How about dealing with plant waste ? What do you do with table scraps ? What do you do with human waste ? You could say we will ship out machines and supplies to take care of all the _other_ stuff that you need to live. It is true you can have other methods to deal with some of the additional requirements of life, but animals are really good at fulfilling some roles. Additionally they are tasty.