• usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mlOP
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    6 months ago

    Raising non-human animals ends up taking more plants anyway because they eat a lot of feed who’s energy is mostly lost. So if one were concerned with plants, eating plants directly results in fewer plants being killed

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      6 months ago

      If your goal is to minimize the overall harm to plants through your own consumption the most ethical thing to eat is people.

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        In glad we got to the bottom of this. People. People is the right answer, everyone.

        That’s a load off my mind! Let’s start a company. Maybe we can name it after what we’re saving. Something like… Soylent green?

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        Only if they are consenting?