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Re:Humanity has wiped out 60% of animals since 1970, major r... by coldtea on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @12:46PM (#18338613)
>The argument is that in order to produce 1000 calories worth of meat, more resources (e.g. land, water, greenhouse emissions) are needed than to produce 1000 calories worth of plant-based food.

Sure, but either quantity might not be the real issue on the grand scheme of things, if it's just eg. 5% of resource use or pollution.

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Re:Humanity has wiped out 60% of animals since 1970, major r... by osense on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @02:29PM (#18339873)
Unfortunately, this is not the case:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/jun/02/un-repor...

Note that the year of publication is 2010.

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