Re:Naked mole rats can survive 18 minutes without oxygen
by komali2 on Friday April 21, 2017 @02:34AM
(#14163518)
It's not just the taste though, it's a pretty good price to protein ratio. If we didn't kill animals for protein, it'd be a lot more expensive to get.
Re:Naked mole rats can survive 18 minutes without oxygen
by chc on Friday April 21, 2017 @03:07AM
(#14163621)
Not really. For example, one serving of black beans has as much or more protein than your average hamburger patty, and black beans are cheaper than meat in most places.
Re:Naked mole rats can survive 18 minutes without oxygen
by SomeStupidPoint on Friday April 21, 2017 @09:23AM
(#14165306)
Ground beef has 0.26 protein to weight ratio, while pinto beans have 0.22.
About 440g of pinto beans for $0.8, so about 120g/$1 for protein.
Ground beef according to Google factoid was $4/lb in mid-2015, so about 30g/$1 for protein.
It sounds like beef is already an expensive source of protein.
I gotta be honest, 13,000 animals for a common food product is pretty much a drop in the bucket. Amortize Splenda's animal cost over a 40 year usage timeline against beef, and you're talking 0.001%. (And would drop rapidly if I included chickens, pork, and fish.)
[0] http://www.beefusa.org/beefindustrystatistics.aspx