Two simple questions reveal how much land we could save by eating plants. Almost everyone guesses wrong

6 days ago by Shailu45 to c/vegan

Why isn’t this taught in schools?
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milbyte11 4 points 6 days ago

they're correct that meat is only 25% as effective at best per hectare of land, but cropland and land used for livestock don't 100% overlap, and not all cropland is used for food; so the reduction is closer to 65%, or ~57% if you don't include pastures that are otherwise unviable for growing crops, but i guess the argument is to just let that land sit unused and return to nature.

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