13-09-2025, 10:30 PM
(13-09-2025, 10:27 PM)kathisterima Wrote: >Livestock use 2 billion ha of grasslands, of which about 700 million could be used as cropland
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2211912416300013
> to produce 1 kg of animal protein, 3 to 10 kg of plant protein is required
https://phys.org/news/2006-04-mankind-benefits-meat.html
this points to an overpopulation problem. we have more humans than space for livestock. it seems there might be an optimal ratio of humans to livestock, and we've exceeded it many times over
