• CraigeryTheKid@lemm.eeEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I want this chart, but add the third Z axis of “environmental cost” whether it be just CO2 emissions or a “total” impact score.

    I imagine those legumes get even stronger, while the meats lose ranking.

      • tar@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        3 months ago

        this is such a great resource to understand why footprints are ridiculous metrics and how interconnected our industrial agriculture systems are.

        • Aux@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          3 months ago

          This is not a great resource, because cows and sheep get 95% of their water intake from eating grass and drinking rain water. But when you grow vegetables, you actually have to water them a lot.

            • Aux@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              3 months ago

              I see cows all the time, they eat grass. Because grass is abundant and 100% free. A farmer must be dumb as fuck to pay for soy.

              • freebee@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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                3 months ago

                they’re not dumb, they just have way more cows in their stables than the piece of land the stable is on could ever support with any crop. Am in Belgium. Pretty sure cows here eat a lot more imported crops (mostly from south america) processed to livestockfeed than they eat local grass.

                • Aux@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                  3 months ago

                  Well, I don’t know how it works in Belgium, but in the UK cows are usually moved between fields and field owners sometimes even pay for grazing animals to graze on their fields to keep them tidy. Paying for soy VS getting paid for grazing is a no brainer here.