How can we, as web professionals, help to make the web more energy efficient?

Re:How can we, as web professionals, help to make the web mo... by Agathos on Friday September 18, 2020 @09:02AM (#24516173)

You really think your restaurant and supermarket beef is coming from grazing? Those cattle live in dense feedlots, where they are fed corn and soy.

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Re:How can we, as web professionals, help to make the web mo... by fetbaffe on Friday September 18, 2020 @10:16AM (#24517049)

Where I live (Sweden), yes actually, but I do understand that US are somewhat crazy.

Isn't corn production massively subsidized in the US? So it becomes cheaper to feed cattle with corn instead of grazing. Madness.

That type of meat production is not something I support.

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Re:How can we, as web professionals, help to make the web mo... by Agathos on Saturday September 19, 2020 @04:10PM (#24530045)

Did some googling. The US is the #2 beef exporter, and Sweden is not in the top 15. Admittedly that doesn't necessarily tell me about domestic consumption.

http://www.worldstopexports.com/top-beef-exporting-countries...

Interestingly, the #1 exporter, Australia, has historically used a mix of grazing and feed grains. But they're expecting to grow more feed grains because grazing suffers during droughts, which are increasingly common. Apparently those grains are wheat and barley; corn is definitely an American obsession. I assume that will be grown on land that could otherwise be used to grow food for humans.

https://www.beefcentral.com/lotfeeding/grain-sector-faces-ne...

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