▲ 861 ▼ those damn vegans! (kbin.melroy.org) submitted 2 years ago by bucketofcandyfloss@thelemmy.club to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 83 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] cymbal_king@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (1 child) Animals on average convert about 10% of the mass they eat into their own body mass. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bstix@feddit.dk 13 points 2 years ago (2 children) So when a lion dies and turns to grass, the antilopes only get back 10% of the grass they ate to make meat for the lion. Circle of life, my ass. More like a trickle down pyramid scheme. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] groet@feddit.de 10 points 2 years ago It's even less. The Antilope converts 10% of grass to meat, the lion converts 10% of Antilope meat to lion meat. So it's 10% of 10% bringing us back to the root problem of everything... The 1%!!!! permalink fedilink source parent [–] robotica@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I mean, obviously you won't get 100% of the energy back because most of it is spent on heating you up and moving and also heating you up, but yeah, I feel like God could've really done with some optimization techniques. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bstix@feddit.dk 13 points 2 years ago (2 children) So when a lion dies and turns to grass, the antilopes only get back 10% of the grass they ate to make meat for the lion. Circle of life, my ass. More like a trickle down pyramid scheme. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] groet@feddit.de 10 points 2 years ago It's even less. The Antilope converts 10% of grass to meat, the lion converts 10% of Antilope meat to lion meat. So it's 10% of 10% bringing us back to the root problem of everything... The 1%!!!! permalink fedilink source parent [–] robotica@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I mean, obviously you won't get 100% of the energy back because most of it is spent on heating you up and moving and also heating you up, but yeah, I feel like God could've really done with some optimization techniques. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] groet@feddit.de 10 points 2 years ago It's even less. The Antilope converts 10% of grass to meat, the lion converts 10% of Antilope meat to lion meat. So it's 10% of 10% bringing us back to the root problem of everything... The 1%!!!! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] robotica@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I mean, obviously you won't get 100% of the energy back because most of it is spent on heating you up and moving and also heating you up, but yeah, I feel like God could've really done with some optimization techniques. permalink fedilink source parent
