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Originally Posted by zeitgeist
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I think you pretty much summed up what the big picture which this study was for. To show how much food we waste feeding it to animals we consume. In terms it's not a good investment(not talking money wise). We put far more into a cow than what we get back
Im not gonna support us killing less animals. But what we do need to do is raise the standards when it comes to sanitation and how these animals are raised and killed.
The standards now are horrific. Everyone here should go to a mass butcher ground and see what not only the cruelties the animals are put through but what the workers experience(mainly illegal immigrants). Many of these people have psychological problems after working in these areas. But I guess they're no big deal either
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I'm not so sure I buy that argument.
The study merely looks at 'lives lost', which really has little bearing on how much or what the said animal eats.
For instance, a chicken (used for meat or egg laying) will pretty much consume less food throughout it's lifespan.
Lifespan of a chicken is likely to be shorter (Im guessing here).
How much ecological impact of the actual diet of the livestock may have different effects in the environment (i.e cow grazing off grass or eating corn).
In the case of the US, I'm not so sure if the diet of the animal has such an huge impact ecologically, or at least not directly.
We have a huge corn industry here in the US that's still subsidized by the gov't.
It is not expensive to feed cows corn, or at least it's more cost-effective to feed them corn than graze on corn.
Corn probably causes the cows to produce more methane (farts) b/c their digestive system isn't meant to handle corn.
If you're interested in being ecologically sensitive, I would say stick to grass-fed beef for the most part.
I stick to grass fed myself, but it's b/c I enjoy the flavor of grass fed beef a bit more.
I agree that sanitary conditions should probably be raised too,
(as well as ecological impact among other factors),
but honestly I see no bearing as to what that has to do with this study.