• KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 months ago

    that can be true, but we also grow a substantial amount of feed for agriculture usage, even if it’s not local to us. A lot of alf alfa being grown is exported.

    It’s all dependent on whatevers cheapest at the end of the day. And regardless of this fact, a lot of energy is still lost in this process, cows are a significant contributor to climate change, ironically.

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      2 months ago

      all of agriculture is only about 20% of our GHG emissions. cows are a fraction of that… there are definitely bigger issues.

      as for the alfalfa, it’s also a small fraction of global crops. 2/3 of all crop calories go to humans with only 1/3 going to livestock… this includes about 70% of the weight of the global soy crop (after we have pressed it for oil), as well as fodder like corn stalks. we basically fed livestock trash and get food. it’s a pretty good deal.

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        2 months ago

        all of agriculture is only about 20% of our GHG emissions. cows are a fraction of that… there are definitely bigger issues.

        obviously, but in terms of livestock, cows are pretty significant.

        30% of all global stock going to feed is a pretty large percentage of global crop production.

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          2 months ago

          I think it’s probably fine. it will work itself out when the workers of the world organize as a class, take possession of the means of production, abolish the wage system, and live in harmony with the Earth.