3volver@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 年前Why do people still eat beef when we know it's terrible for Earth?message-squaremessage-square260fedilinkarrow-up1170arrow-down1158
arrow-up112arrow-down1message-squareWhy do people still eat beef when we know it's terrible for Earth?3volver@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 年前message-square260fedilink
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down8·1 年前Inefficient? Cows eat grains that humans can’t digest, or if they can, it takes energy to transform them to something human can eat.
minus-squarepugsnroses77@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 年前we use some of the most fertile lands in the midwest that could be used to grow literally anything else to grow vast amounts of soy and corn for cows.
minus-squareFaceDeer@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down4·1 年前And in those specific cases, sure, you could do more efficiently by getting rid of the cattle. The point I’m making is that there’s plenty of cattle raised in places that aren’t like that.
minus-squarepugsnroses77@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 年前sure but a very small amount compared to what people eat. around 50% of american land is just used to grow crops for cattle. if we opted to reduce that, think of how much forest and natural land we could bring back.
Inefficient?
Cows eat grains that humans can’t digest, or if they can, it takes energy to transform them to something human can eat.
we use some of the most fertile lands in the midwest that could be used to grow literally anything else to grow vast amounts of soy and corn for cows.
And in those specific cases, sure, you could do more efficiently by getting rid of the cattle.
The point I’m making is that there’s plenty of cattle raised in places that aren’t like that.
sure but a very small amount compared to what people eat. around 50% of american land is just used to grow crops for cattle. if we opted to reduce that, think of how much forest and natural land we could bring back.