I'm not trying to defend the eating of beef because many factors beyond weight come into play, but if this image is correct, doesn't it imply that the equivalent amount of beef to grain feeds more people? 16kg of beef feeds 32 people vs 16kg of grain feeds 20. - ThreadSky

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micherz.bsky.social • 49 days ago

I'm not trying to defend the eating of beef because many factors beyond weight come into play, but if this image is correct, doesn't it imply that the equivalent amount of beef to grain feeds more people? 16kg of beef feeds 32 people vs 16kg of grain feeds 20.

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silentvoidraven.bsky.social•49 days ago

Correct. But the problem is you need 256kg of grain, to get the 16kg of beef, that would have otherwise fed 320 people.

fathomdeep.bsky.social•49 days ago

I agree, the graphic is a bit misleading. The point it intends to make is that 16kg of grain can directly feed 20 people, or be used to produce 1kg of beef (which then only feeds two people).

micherz.bsky.social•49 days ago

It didn't occur to me that the arrow from the grain to the cow referred to consumption. Makes more sense now. Thanks for the clarification.

herbivoreclub.bsky.social•49 days ago

Are the 3 arrows invisible? Do people not do flow diagrams in school anymore?

meathead-market.bsky.social•49 days ago

No. Follow the math. 16kg grain feeds 20 people directly but the same 16kg of grain produces enough beef to feed 2 people. You’d need 160kg of grain to raise beef to feed 20 people.

20 is more than 2.

Does that help?

Animal based diets are exponentially less efficient than plant based foods.

arkhamfantasy.bsky.social•49 days ago

You probably eat something like a pound of food a day right? But you didn’t gain 365 pounds last year because most of those calories were just keeping you alive, it’s the same with livestock, most of the crops you grow don’t grow food, most of it is just to maintain organ function. It’s ineffecient

tofutupacki.bsky.social•49 days ago

Try it from this way:
1 cow eats 17,000lbs of food before it’s slaughtered and produces only 500lbs of food.

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