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Land use in the US (lemmy.ml)
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[–] inasaba@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

The conversion losses to feed animals is very high. It takes 76% less land for us to subsist on plants rather than to eat meat. Well, actually, that's the world average, it might be even higher in the US because of its higher meat consumption. I should check the study again.