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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

If we ran out of new land to use wouldnt it plateau?

Isnt the line going up constantly evidence of constant addition of new land to hold more animals?

I suppose they could be getting more efficient but thats the opposite of regulation.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I suppose they could be getting more efficient but thats the opposite of regulation.

whatever you call it, we can't attribute it to vegans.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Isnt the line going up constantly evidence of constant addition of new land to hold more animals?

I'm assuming it is this in combination with new efficiencies (like the swine hotels in China)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Ew, thanks for something new to look up, I hate it!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If we ran out of new land to use wouldnt it plateau?

that's the assumption I'm using.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

When we run out of land, won't we have to replace land used for meat production for land for plant production so we can continue feeding an expanding world?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean I don't know: these are some pretty wild hypotheticals we are concocting.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I didnt know you'd think it was so wild. I guess we have plenty of land left tk go around for a while?