• Nighed@feddit.uk
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    5 months ago

    Is this an American, no animal welfare regulations environmental problem or a global one?

    The strange thing here substitution wise is that IMO fake chicken is closer to real chicken in quality than fake beef is (that you can get as mince anyway). So it’s easier to substitute out the chicken than the beef.

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      Globally, factory farming is dominant

      It’s estimated that three-quarters – 74% – of land livestock are factory-farmed. That means that at any given time, around 23 billion animals are on these farms.

      https://ourworldindata.org/how-many-animals-are-factory-farmed

      You’ll find the environmental effects are more so categorical than because of how its produced

      How do the distributions between plant-based and meat-based sources compare?

      Plant-based protein sources – tofu, beans, peas and nuts – have the lowest carbon footprint. This is certainly true when you compare average emissions. But it’s still true when you compare the extremes: there’s not much overlap in emissions between the worst producers of plant proteins, and the best producers of meat and dairy.

      https://ourworldindata.org/less-meat-or-sustainable-meat

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      5 months ago

      Yeah, and wheat meat is not only cheap as hell, but gluten has like double the protein per gram than the dead animal flesh