• Shard@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    You want to convert something to useful land? Get rid of golf courses.

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        1 year ago

        And enough pavement that anyone can store their cars close to pretty much any destination they have in mind.

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          1 year ago

          Debatable. Depending on the golf course location and management, there could be an argument for them at least providing some space for biodiversity.

          Tobacco doesn’t produce as much of use, but also doesn’t come with the same methane emissions, or slurry runoff.

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              1 year ago

              Humans can synthesize all amino acids themselves. Any external source is optional, and outside of extreme scenarios like quickly gaining muscle mass nothing you need to think about.
              If you do find yourself in the extreme scenario, you will have no problems picking from the huge range of non-meat protein sources.

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                  1 year ago

                  Hm, it seems you are right. Not sure how I didn’t know that.
                  So is my understanding correct in that there are 3 groups of substances: vitamins, minerals, essential amino acids; that you would have a bad time without? Bringing the total to calories, vitamins, minerals, essential amino acids, and water?

                  In that case I suppose a minimum number of Livestock products are helpful in fulfilling that, though as the increase of supplemented products probably reduces the need, the amino acids can still be chemically synthesized, right?. The main criticism is also the amount, we are consuming (way) more livestock products than needed to fulfill nutritional requirements. Especially meat would still be optional, right?

                  I don’t actually have experience with vegan diets, I’ve always figured eating little meat would get me most of the way with least of the effort.