They Thrive on All-Meat Diet (1929)

Re:They Thrive on All-Meat Diet (1929) by geowwy on Saturday February 16, 2019 @09:39AM (#19178717)

It doesn’t necessarily even necessitate more death.

If you ate only meat you eat the equivalent of 1 cow per year.

Compare that with the amount of bugs, nematodes, rodents, etc. killed by modern farming methods.

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Re:They Thrive on All-Meat Diet (1929) by dashundchen on Saturday February 16, 2019 @02:25PM (#19180439)

Consider that it takes anywhere from 6 to 20 pounds of feed to get a pound of beef. That's way more resources used, environmental harm done and creatures killed to produce meat.

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Re:They Thrive on All-Meat Diet (1929) by toasterlovin on Saturday February 16, 2019 @02:44PM (#19180543)

Only if you replace meat consumption with grains. A quick look at vegan and vegetarian recipes on social media makes it obvious that is not happening. Plants have a 50x range in the amount of calories they provide for $1, which suggests a similar range in their environmental burden.

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Re:They Thrive on All-Meat Diet (1929) by hjek on Saturday February 16, 2019 @09:55AM (#19178766)

What do you think most farmed cows eat?

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