agreed.
> 100 calories of grain we feed animals
100 calories grain we feed animals...
...that humans cannot consume ...that is produced more efficiently than any other crop ...grown on land in climates that is not suitable for "vegetables" ...that makes the most productive use of the land ...that requires few people and simple mechanization to tend
The entire midwest is just a "solar farm" for our diet using vast amounts of land to sequester energy in arbitrary grains that are used as the fuel for the next level.