▲ 112 ▼ Explaining conspiracy theories to an Amerikkkan. "Now imagine a burger..." (hexbear.net) submitted 1 year ago by Posadas@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net 57 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://xcancel.com/redpillb0t/status/1975530850411274427
[–] GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net 41 points 1 year ago (6 children) approximately 91.000 cattle are slaughtered daily in the USA permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] oscardejarjayes@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago (5 children) That's only 72 burgers per cattle to supply McDonalds, and there's almost certainly much more than 72 burgers woth of meat in a cow. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] fox@hexbear.net 22 points 1 year ago (3 children) McDonalds buys beef internationally, they're not using American beef where they can avoid paying for it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] mendiCAN@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago (2 children) im surprised by this. i assumed home-grown beef was cheaper permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sodium_nitride@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 1 year ago Beef is resource intensive. Better to have poor countries waste their cheaper resources than to pay for domestic resources. permalink fedilink source parent [–] oscardejarjayes@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago Shipping is also really cheap, even refrigerated. The last mile is one of the biggest costs, so the next state over and the other side of the world have quite similar costs and carbon emissions. permalink fedilink source parent [–] mendiCAN@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago according to my sloppy sleuthin, a beef cow provides 500lbs of dressed beef. mcdonalds patties are 1.5oz precooked weight. if all produced into ground beef, each cow therefore provides mcd's 5330 burger patties (likely more with the fillers they use e.g. cellulose gel but there's no data available on their filler%) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] oscardejarjayes@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago (5 children) That's only 72 burgers per cattle to supply McDonalds, and there's almost certainly much more than 72 burgers woth of meat in a cow. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] fox@hexbear.net 22 points 1 year ago (3 children) McDonalds buys beef internationally, they're not using American beef where they can avoid paying for it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] mendiCAN@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago (2 children) im surprised by this. i assumed home-grown beef was cheaper permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sodium_nitride@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 1 year ago Beef is resource intensive. Better to have poor countries waste their cheaper resources than to pay for domestic resources. permalink fedilink source parent [–] oscardejarjayes@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago Shipping is also really cheap, even refrigerated. The last mile is one of the biggest costs, so the next state over and the other side of the world have quite similar costs and carbon emissions. permalink fedilink source parent [–] mendiCAN@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago according to my sloppy sleuthin, a beef cow provides 500lbs of dressed beef. mcdonalds patties are 1.5oz precooked weight. if all produced into ground beef, each cow therefore provides mcd's 5330 burger patties (likely more with the fillers they use e.g. cellulose gel but there's no data available on their filler%) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fox@hexbear.net 22 points 1 year ago (3 children) McDonalds buys beef internationally, they're not using American beef where they can avoid paying for it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] mendiCAN@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago (2 children) im surprised by this. i assumed home-grown beef was cheaper permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sodium_nitride@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 1 year ago Beef is resource intensive. Better to have poor countries waste their cheaper resources than to pay for domestic resources. permalink fedilink source parent [–] oscardejarjayes@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago Shipping is also really cheap, even refrigerated. The last mile is one of the biggest costs, so the next state over and the other side of the world have quite similar costs and carbon emissions. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mendiCAN@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago (2 children) im surprised by this. i assumed home-grown beef was cheaper permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sodium_nitride@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 1 year ago Beef is resource intensive. Better to have poor countries waste their cheaper resources than to pay for domestic resources. permalink fedilink source parent [–] oscardejarjayes@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago Shipping is also really cheap, even refrigerated. The last mile is one of the biggest costs, so the next state over and the other side of the world have quite similar costs and carbon emissions. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sodium_nitride@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 1 year ago Beef is resource intensive. Better to have poor countries waste their cheaper resources than to pay for domestic resources. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] oscardejarjayes@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago Shipping is also really cheap, even refrigerated. The last mile is one of the biggest costs, so the next state over and the other side of the world have quite similar costs and carbon emissions. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mendiCAN@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago according to my sloppy sleuthin, a beef cow provides 500lbs of dressed beef. mcdonalds patties are 1.5oz precooked weight. if all produced into ground beef, each cow therefore provides mcd's 5330 burger patties (likely more with the fillers they use e.g. cellulose gel but there's no data available on their filler%) permalink fedilink source parent
