• @commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      311 months ago

      what they asked is how many died for the bun. not whether you think that line of reasoning is sufficient to discourage veganism.

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          211 months ago

          If you had bothered to go to the link,

          Ed is quoting some pretty misleading statistics to support your point. if this is the best that you have, you might want to reconsider your position.

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              11 months ago

              about 85% of all soybeans are pressed for oil for human uses. but a soybean is only about 20% oil altogether. that leaves 69% of the soybeans as industrial waste. feeding that industrial waste to animals is actually conserving resources.

              so it’s not even true that the land used to make food for animals isn’t used to make food for people: it’s the same land.

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                  211 months ago

                  Every part of a soybean can be made for human uses

                  sure, but there are not enough people who want to eat soycake for the amount of oil that we produce. so giving it to animals is as good a use as any.

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                  111 months ago

                  cattle farming is in and of itself the single largest driver of Amazon deforestation.

                  what does this have to do with what we are discussing, or how many mice were killed for that bun?

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                  111 months ago

                  the vast majority of soy production is being used to raise animals for food, because that’s how the economics works.

                  the vast majority of soy (85%) is pressed for oil.