- The book makes the counterintuitive argument more sentiment animals are dying from second-order effects of present-day plant cropping than pasture-raised meat (per calorie).
‘A vegan diet is not a bloodless diet, and may even destroy more life than a regenerative, pasture-centric model.’
- I would consider there is a longtermist perspective on soil health, and that if we deplete soil with monocropping, that’s not going to be good for future generations (of all forms of sentient life) – and thus is a big ethical consideration.
- I agree with your logic statement.
The book’s authors are, I consider, arguing “Y” could or should be regenerative agriculture/pasture-raised meat, rather than meat alternatives or lab-grown/clean meat.
- I agree with you, yes, smarter methods of plant farming should absolutely be explored.
But (as a newcomer to EA), it seems to me some of the knock-on effects of meat alternatives (destructive agricultural practices; lots of animals still dying)/clean meat (immense energy considerations) are not being fully discussed or challenged – and that some ‘red teaming’ (e.g. from the above co-authors) could be helpful.
Thanks Rockwell.
- The book makes the counterintuitive argument more sentiment animals are dying from second-order effects of present-day plant cropping than pasture-raised meat (per calorie).
‘A vegan diet is not a bloodless diet, and may even destroy more life than a regenerative, pasture-centric model.’
- I would consider there is a longtermist perspective on soil health, and that if we deplete soil with monocropping, that’s not going to be good for future generations (of all forms of sentient life) – and thus is a big ethical consideration.
- I agree with your logic statement.
The book’s authors are, I consider, arguing “Y” could or should be regenerative agriculture/pasture-raised meat, rather than meat alternatives or lab-grown/clean meat.
- I agree with you, yes, smarter methods of plant farming should absolutely be explored.
But (as a newcomer to EA), it seems to me some of the knock-on effects of meat alternatives (destructive agricultural practices; lots of animals still dying)/clean meat (immense energy considerations) are not being fully discussed or challenged – and that some ‘red teaming’ (e.g. from the above co-authors) could be helpful.