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Re:The Problem with Palm Oil by thfuran on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @01:23PM (#22368383)
I though cattle were more like 1/10.
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Re:The Problem with Palm Oil by akiselev on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @02:12PM (#22368913)
10% is the average-ish trophic efficiency in the wild. In industrialized farming we have optimized feed, antibiotic growth promotion, and lack of exercise that brings that down to 1/6 or so for cattle
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