▲ 17 ▼ Why do people still eat beef when we know it's terrible for Earth? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by 3volver@lemmy.world to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world 309 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee -2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Inefficient? Cows eat grains that humans can't digest, or if they can, it takes energy to transform them to something human can eat. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pugsnroses77@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pugsnroses77@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pugsnroses77@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pugsnroses77@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pugsnroses77@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pugsnroses77@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent