Re:Lab-Grown Meat Is Safe to Eat, FDA Says
by randomdata on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @11:48AM
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Arable land includes meadows, pastures, etc. Animals can (and do) eat from those lands, but cropland is more specific. Your weird tangent has no relevance.
Re:Lab-Grown Meat Is Safe to Eat, FDA Says
by myshpa on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @01:17PM
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> Probably not without radically changing how we grow plants for human consumption ...
Wrong.
> ~60% of the soybeans are intended for direct human consumption and ~40% for animal consumption. I imagine that is not atypical
Wrong.
> around 35% of the output ... for animal consumption, which is effectively what the real world data also shows ...
Wrong.
> Nowhere near 50% of the world's land area is suitable for cropland.
Wrong.
> Your own link suggests that only 23% of agricultural lands are suitable for cropland.
Wrong.
> Arable land includes meadows, pastures, etc. Animals can (and do) eat from those lands, but cropland is more specific
Wrong (in the context of) https://ourworldindata.org/uploads/2020/01/Global-land-use-g...
> Your weird tangent ...
It's called logic. I give up.
https://www.renewmethod.com/post/what-is-arable-land
"Arable land is classified as land that can be plowed for the purpose of growing crops."
Please, look at the graph one more time.