"Rupert" > wrote
> On May 26, 4:50 am, Rudy Canoza > wrote:

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>> The critical mistake, the UNBELIEVABLY stupid mistake,
>> that "vegans" who misconceive of "inefficiency" are
>> making, is to see "food" as some undifferentiated lump
>> of calories and other nutritional requirements. Once
>> one realizes that this is not how ANYONE, including the
>> "vegans" themselves, views food, then the
>> "inefficiency" argument against using resources for
>> meat production falls to the ground.
>>
>> I hope this helps.
>
> The argument is that we can produce perfectly tasty and nutritious
> food at the cost of a lot less environmental destruction. Also, we
> could feed more people from a given amount of land. That's the sense
> of "efficiency" being used. It shouldn't be too obscure. You may argue
> that we shouldn't bother to take into account environmental
> externalities or the fact that a lot of people are going hungry, but
> that's precisely the point at issue. There's no "unbelievably stupid
> mistake" involved. I hope this helps.

Why am I not surprised that the whole thing went right over your head?