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Why are you normalizing to world production and not how much you eat? 5% of cattle production could be a lot of cattle and 80% of almonds could be a fairly smal
by joshu 12y ago
Why are you normalizing to world production and not how much you eat? 5% of cattle production could be a lot of cattle and 80% of almonds could be a fairly small amount of cattle.
Percentages of different things cannot be compared sanely.
- Crito 12y agoBecause if almond-eating is actually more defensible than beef-eating, then I should be able to replace my beef with almonds and leave California in a better situation. In reality though, if I replaced beef with almonds, California would be considerably worse off. Think about it, which harms California's water supply more? A New Yorker drinking a gallon of cow's milk? Or a New Yorker drinking a gallon of almond milk?