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Should Plant-Based Meat Replace Beef Completely? (pbs.org)

Long-time Slashdot reader tcd004 writes: Is beef still "what's for dinner?" Plant-based meat substitute startups say they could provide enough protein to feed the world using only 2% of the land on Earth, dramatically reducing the resources required to create beef products. And adopting plant-based burgers could help reduce heart disease, protect water resources, and stop deforestation. But Beef producers say no laboratory can beat a steer's ability to turn plant-based nutrition into tasty protein, and animals are the best source for natural fertilizer to grow crops. There's a coming war for your dinner plate. Who will prevail?

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  1. Re:Article is manipulative by thinkwaitfast · · Score: 4, Funny
  2. When we run out of Beef... by Zurkeyon3733 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I say we start eating the PETA activists and Vegans! :-D

  3. Re:Educational thing by Hal_Porter · · Score: 4, Funny

    We need to consume the animals souls too, in order to revivify our life force. Kind of like space vampires need to do with humans.

    It's why most human religious festivals require the death of animals and the consumption of their flesh, for example turkey at Christmas.

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