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Originally Posted by GGG
I'm not sure animals suffer in the food I eat. Probably the processed Deli meats and the bacon but I choose to pay a bit more and get local farmed meat for the most part. The ironic part of that is its probably less sustainable from a whole earth stand point. As the amount of meat we can produce is higher from the factory farmed process
I think the strongest argument against eating meet is it takes significantly more energy to feed ourselves on meat then on plants. So from a reducing out footprint on earth not eating meat is probably the best way of reducing our impact. (that or eliminating leisure travel).
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Sustainable from the standpoint that we wouldn't be able to produce enough, or sustainable from an environmental standpoint? The only way the factory farm process is more efficient is in kg/$. The money is not a factor in the sustainability being discussed here. We're talking about the environmental impact and the well being of the animals we choose to consume. If you bring money in as a sustainability factor, it's going to take precedence over either of the former issues. We have to put it aside if there is to be any real conversation about ethics or environmental impacts.
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Originally Posted by peter12
As troutman mentioned awhile back, there is a conviviality in eating meat that cannot be enjoyed with vegetables. Besides, you don't have to eat frozen disk burgers from Safeway or 3 sirloins a week, there are so many awesome options for preparing meat, and some of them are pretty environmentally sustainable. Pork and chicken for example have a lower carbon footprint than spinach!
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Yeah but the pig's and chicken's conditions may not be very good, which is part of the issue as well.