Comment on Why is the consumption of Meat considered bad

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• TwoFace211@feddit.ch ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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  • Wilzax@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That field could be used to grow a different crop than grass, which would use less water per calorie of human food produced

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    • ValiantDust@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Also, hardly any cows just eat grass these days. That’s not how you get a lot of meat as fast and as cheap as possible. Also, since cows need a lot of grass, I a lot less area would remain for other crops even if they did (since grass needs way more area for the same amount of calories than stuff like soybeans). So it’s actually a good thing, they aren’t just eating grass.

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      • TwoFace211@feddit.ch ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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      • thethirdobject@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        as a Swiss, it is an issue. our glaciers are metling more and more every year and we rely on hydropower a lot, we need all the rain and water we can get, even if it seems like there is a lot.

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      • Wooki@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Jesus your downvotes. Seems facts hurt some real delicate flowers…

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      • tetraodon@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        It’s a false choice. Land not used for grazing could be rewilded, which provides benefits in both biodiversity and carbon fixing.

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    • Wooki@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Who waters the grass to feed cows? You grow them in a suitable region!

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  • Cynicivity@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Unless you are a small hobby farm, you’re not putting your cows out on pasture alone to raise them for meat. Most grasses are deficient in one or more vital nutrients that the cows need to grow. Most cows today are fed TMR (Total Mixed Rations). These are diets carefully mixed with different grasses, grains, hays, and mineral supplements. There are different metabolic diseases that cows can get when eating diets deficient in different nutrients. Cows that are sick don’t want to eat, and cows that don’t eat don’t grow. To a farmer, that’s like burning money.

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  • jeffw@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Most deforestation today is to grow animal feed.

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    • TwoFace211@feddit.ch ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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      • jeffw@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Just globally. Not sure about specific countries. Virtually all of the Amazon deforestation, for example

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  • tetraodon@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    You forget that most land was forested (even in Europe) before humans decided that grass was more useful than trees.

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