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Originally Posted by Barkingturtle
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What will that look like? Well, for the guy who demanded facts earlier in the thread, that will mean we stop killing 50 BILLION land animals each year for food. It will mean we stop killing a TRILLION marine animals annually. It will open up a third of the Earth's unfrozen surface which is currently reserved for the grazing of livestock. It will likely slow the destruction of the Amazon, where 9 of every 10 tress felled comes down to make room for animal farming. It will greatly reduce greenhouse emissions, since animal agriculture is responsible for more greenhouse gases than all modes of transportation--combined. It will devastate big pharma, who currently sells 4 times as many antibiotics for use on the animals you eat than they sell for human use(yikes your food must be super sick, huh?). It will free up a third of the world's water. Did you know it takes 2500 gallons of water to produce one pound of beef? 1000 gallons for a gallon of milk? 900 gallons for a pound of cheese? Nearly 500 gallons for a pound of eggs? I could literally go on all day with this type of terrifying data.
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Since you did not mention the health effects of eating meat anywhere in that long post I'm going to assume you don't have anything.
Anyway, I think you are conflating industrial agriculture with meat consumption. I grew up in Iowa. On the way to the nearest city I would drive by one farmer who raised cows in their own feces. Literally. I can only imagine how many antibiotics he used.
I'm strongly against industrial agriculture. It burns huge quantities of oil and water and it produces low quality food. I think giving antibiotics to non-humans should be illegal: our flooding of the environment is training a generation of highly resistant superbugs. And I put my money where my mouth is by buying as much food as I can from local farmers.
But I think industrial agriculture is just as bad for plants. Massive quantities of herbicides and pesticides pollute the environment. NPK fertilizers drain trace minerals from the soil, and deficiencies in things like selenium are one reason everyone is so unhealthy nowadays. We have 50 different flavors of soybeans that are created in a lab - our ancestors were not eating this junk. It's the same story.
Unfortunately, industrial agriculture is cheap and delicious, and most people either can't or don't want to pay for less efficient use of the land. I have some hope, though. After Western Civilization collapses I think we might rebuild it in a more sustainable, less libtardy fashion.