Re:Is soy a key driver of deforestation?
by bkovacev on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @05:00AM
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you're absolutely right - preparing a high quality beef meal takes a lot more than just processing soy, but what I was aiming at was that we will replace one mass consumption with the other, just like we always do and that may mask the problem but I believe it won't solve it. I could be wrong though.
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> but what I was aiming at was that we will replace one mass consumption with the other, just like we always do and that may mask the problem but I believe it won't solve it
You're comparing two cases of "mass production" without any quantifier.
Beef has an over 15 times larger carbon footprint compared to tofu.
https://ourworldindata.org/environmental-impacts-of-food
So sure, if everyone switches we would substitute one mass production for another, but we could feed 15 times as many people (all else equal).
Re:Is soy a key driver of deforestation?
by MayeulC on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @05:07AM
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The issue is not judt the extra procesding cost.
I haven't ran the numbers, but parent hinted at a cow needing to eat, say, 10 Kg of soy per Kg of meat produced, while you could have just eaten the soy directly.
Meat production uses a lot of land to produce food for your food, that's why it's so inneficient. Instead you could just use a tiny fraction of that land, and grow enough food for everyone.