• CmdrShepard@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    Where are all the crops going to grow if land use and deforestation would disappear overnight?

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      1 year ago

      On the billions of acres no longer needed to grow animal feed for a small minority of global calories and protein.

      You’re trying to pretend meat isn’t over and order of magnitude less efficient than other agriculture and it’s just making you look foolish.

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        1 year ago

        So then what happens to all the cattle if this comes to be? Your scenario assumes they all just evaporate into the ether never to be seen again.

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          The industry kills 90 Billions each year. The IPCC calculates with a decline over 20 years. So maybe people pay next year to only raise and kill 60 Billions and so on.

          Farmers already kill them if they have a financial incentive like raising feed prices or falling meat/dairy prices.