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Tofu is the winner. Scientist creates new holistic scoring system to measure the impact of food (phys.org)
submitted 3 weeks ago by [M, B] to c/ecosocial@news.abolish.capital
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Consumers are increasingly confronted with conflicting information surrounding how much protein they should have and which protein sources are healthiest, most sustainable, and best value for money. Cambridge research has uncovered the truth.

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[–] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Hell yeah! Vegan protein ftw

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    [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    Yum I love tofu

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    [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (15 children)

    I thought tofu was mildly problematic on account of the water usage, compared to other vegetarian protein sources?

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  • [–] 7 points 3 weeks ago (11 children)

    Any plant-based food is going to come out massively ahead compared to any animal product. Even their worst case production is still better than the best case animal product production

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  • [–] 0 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

    Insects might stand a chance, but this is just speculation. And only if (as you say) you pick bad/worst case productions like, I don't know, maybe almonds or avocados?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    Nope. They're not better than eating plants because they're animals. The environmental impact of farming crickets and of other foods. (taken directly from Mic the Vegan's video)

    But most importantly it is THE WORST diet for the number of souls you torture and slaughter per calorie.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    Totally on board with most of what your saying here and also with humanely treating animals/giving them rights, but bugs? I just can't get on board with them having rights. Unlimited genocide on mosquitoes. Not that I want to eat them. I just want them gone.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Rights aren't to give but to acknowledge. The same video goes into insect sentience in the later part. Mosquitoes do literally harm us, so it's fair to want to protect yourself from them. But "genocide"...? Wtf. The analog to "unlimited genocide on the first world" here would be: "unlimited genocide on humans," the oppressors.

    Also genocide =/= extinction. There is nothing inherently bad about extinction or depopulation, you're right on that. But genocide, is not right. I'm imagining the worst since you had to dismiss them having rights.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago

    Idk what the worst is but yeah I'd like us to systematically hunt down every mosquito on the planet and render them extinct. Most likely by releasing some into the wild that introduce genes which lead to sterility in a few generations and just keep doing this until they no longer exist.

    I'm probably coming from a different perspective. Because I don't really care if they're sentient or not. If they have evolved to be a parasitic organism that spreads disease and whatnot through other species I see no problem with simply wiping them from existence. So long as we do it properly and study the impact it will have on the wider ecosystem, and I've seen studies that say their extinction wouldn't have a very big impact. Those might be wrong though. I'd want us to make absolutely sure before actually doing it.

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  • [–] -3 points 3 weeks ago* (3 children)

    Grass fed beef is better in some ways than a crop where they apply fertilizers that run off and create algae blooms and nitrate pollutions, and where the strains of the soy in question are GE to take more pesticides.

    Pesticides are killing a lot more than we think, a major, if not the major, factor in 90 percent of the insect life on earth disappearing over the last 3 decades.

    Remember in the 90's? A summer drive at night would see so many bug splatters on your vehicle you might have to use the windshield washer fluid. Now? Only a few. Something is seriously wrong here.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago*

    Grass fed beef in clear-cut parts of the amazon can only be in operation for a hand full of years before they have to move on because the soil is such poor quality it can't sustain the required grass growth.

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  • [–] -1 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Soy, of which tofu is made, is majorly problematic in pesticide usage. It's one of the crops most genetically engineered to take higher pesticides.

    Then you have the deforestation of the amazon concerns as well, to plant soy and raise cattle primarily.

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    • [+] -16 points 3 weeks ago (12 children)

    If I ever have to eat that shit you can just kill me first!

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  • [–] 16 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

    youd be surprised at the number of ways to cook tofu and make it delicious

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  • [+] -14 points 3 weeks ago* (2 children)

    I could cook you a batch of dog shit stew and make it delicious if you want to go there!

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    It's crazy that you have a problem with eating a bean concoction but not the body parts of a corpse.

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  • [–] -5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    We're the only species on Earth that eats tofu. Even eating beans is uncommon because raw beans can be toxic. On the other hand, lots of animals eat meat.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    Have eaten it, so I can confirm.

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