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Is Grass-Fed Beef Really Better for the Climate: in terms of climate-warming emissions, “it actually comes out no better — in fact, a little worse.” (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] 11 points 10 months ago (4 children)

No shit. The beef is the problem, not what we feed it.

It is far more efficient and ecologically sustainable to get the calories out of the plants directly than to pass it through a cow first.

The fun question is - What does America do with the nearly 30 MILLION beef cows if we stop slaughtering them?

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  • [–] 12 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    It's not like we're going to stop eating them suddenly, the economics of beef has been pushing it out of reach of more Americans every year.

    12% of the US population is eating half the beef, which is in line with the wealthiest 10% driving half of consumer spending in the US.

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