The myth of food production "efficiency" in the "ar" debate
"Buxqi" > wrote in message
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On Mar 3, 3:53 pm, Rudy Canoza > wrote:
> The "vegan" pseudo-argument on "inefficiency" is that
> the resources used to produce a given amount of meat
> could produce a much greater amount of vegetable food
> for direct human consumption, due to the loss of energy
> that results from feeding grain and other feeds to
> livestock.
Yes. A vegan diet will generally have a smaller ecological
footprint than a meat based one.
but this is irrelevent if the person eating the diet has a huge ecological
footprint because they fly regularly or drive a big car
You have to look at the overal efficiency of the person, not merely one
aspect of their lives
Jim Webster
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