Chuck
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Yeah, peanuts, they grow underground, right?
Yeah, peanuts, they grow underground, right?
Yeah, peanuts, they grow underground, right?
I can just see Jimmy Carter holding a big thing of peanuts and roots with dirt falling off of them.
I can just see Jimmy Carter holding a big thing of peanuts and roots with dirt falling off of them.
I can just see Jimmy Carter holding a big thing of peanuts and roots with dirt falling off of them.
That's right. The U.S. maintains about 9 billion livestock to get the meat that it needs, or wants, I guess is the better way to say it. And if that grain went to humans, it'd be enough for 840 million people that have plant-based diets.
That's right. The U.S. maintains about 9 billion livestock to get the meat that it needs, or wants, I guess is the better way to say it. And if that grain went to humans, it'd be enough for 840 million people that have plant-based diets.
That's right. The U.S. maintains about 9 billion livestock to get the meat that it needs, or wants, I guess is the better way to say it. And if that grain went to humans, it'd be enough for 840 million people that have plant-based diets.
Yeah. The other environmental disaster of raising livestock, and this is more and more lately, is the habitat destruction to raise all these animals. You're talking about extinction of plant and animal species and thousands more being threatened in the years upcoming because of habitat destruction. And it's also true for some kinds of agriculture.
Yeah. The other environmental disaster of raising livestock, and this is more and more lately, is the habitat destruction to raise all these animals. You're talking about extinction of plant and animal species and thousands more being threatened in the years upcoming because of habitat destruction. And it's also true for some kinds of agriculture.
Yeah. The other environmental disaster of raising livestock, and this is more and more lately, is the habitat destruction to raise all these animals. You're talking about extinction of plant and animal species and thousands more being threatened in the years upcoming because of habitat destruction. And it's also true for some kinds of agriculture.
You know, we've talked about palm oil cultivation being a big problem for a lot of stuff, specifically orangutan populations, or at least by example. But beef, once again, is the biggest factor. Beef drives 41% of tropical deforestation globally, whereas palm oil and soy, which are two sort of offenders on the other side, are only 18% combined.
You know, we've talked about palm oil cultivation being a big problem for a lot of stuff, specifically orangutan populations, or at least by example. But beef, once again, is the biggest factor. Beef drives 41% of tropical deforestation globally, whereas palm oil and soy, which are two sort of offenders on the other side, are only 18% combined.
You know, we've talked about palm oil cultivation being a big problem for a lot of stuff, specifically orangutan populations, or at least by example. But beef, once again, is the biggest factor. Beef drives 41% of tropical deforestation globally, whereas palm oil and soy, which are two sort of offenders on the other side, are only 18% combined.
Yeah. But I mean, the one takeaway here is, is beef, uh, beef bad.
Yeah. But I mean, the one takeaway here is, is beef, uh, beef bad.