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It'll be a lot easier to feed everyone if we grow food for humans rather than cattle.
by psiops 3y ago
It'll be a lot easier to feed everyone if we grow food for humans rather than cattle.
- mihaic 3y agoIt seems that optimal calorie output from all our available land involves some intermediary animals that eat whatever humans can't eat. I agree we're raising far too many cattle, but just wanted to point out it's not very simple.
- aziaziazi 3y agoDepends how you define « optimum ». For IPCC it’s GHG mitigation and the vegan diet beats them all, while « all diets needs to provide full complement of nutritional quality, including micronutrients ». https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/sites/4/2022/11/SRCCL_Chapter_5.pdf https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/sites/4/2022/11/SRCC... (Page 488) Edit : translate giec to ipcc