Animals take up a ton more space than do plants. I’m sure you’ve heard all the arguments at some point for moving away from meat. I’m not going to rehash them (especially since I’m a meat eater), but it’s just a question of how many magnitudes more land cows would use, not if they would use more land.
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Can’t tell if you’re making a pun or being serious :)
In case you’re being serious, I’m pretty sure we’d need magnitudes more land and methane emissions for butter.
SGforce@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
The cow is not killed when butter is harvested. But they do need to be fed, so I’m not sure about that.
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Animals take up a ton more space than do plants. I’m sure you’ve heard all the arguments at some point for moving away from meat. I’m not going to rehash them (especially since I’m a meat eater), but it’s just a question of how many magnitudes more land cows would use, not if they would use more land.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
The grass and/or grain the cow eats does though.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I was being serious; figure up the tons per hectare per year of butter production.
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Google says 250kg per hectare, So about 6% of palm oil productivity. About 15x the land usage.