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==FAQ== | ==FAQ - Nutrition== | ||
====" | ===="Can I really get all my nutrients without animal products?"==== | ||
Yes - [[Nutrition/Examples/Cheap plant-based|see example]]. | |||
===="But | ===="But I thought plant proteins were less digestible?"==== | ||
Not if they're [[ | Not if they're [[make plant proteins digestible|cooked properly]] and you have healthy [[gut flora]]. | ||
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===="What about minerals? Doesn't phytic acid get in the way of absorption?"==== | |||
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===="But aren't plant-based burgers really processed?"==== | ===="But aren't plant-based burgers really processed?"==== | ||
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==FAQ - Ecology== | |||
===="But I heard that grass-fed cows can be raised sustainably?"==== | ===="But I heard that grass-fed cows can be raised sustainably?"==== | ||
* '''Not''' if [[deforestation|forests are destroyed to make room for pasture]]. | * '''Not''' if [[deforestation|forests are destroyed to make room for pasture]]. | ||
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[[soil minerals|Animals don't add minerals]] to the overall system. They can only poop out whatever minerals were already there in the plants they eat (which came from the existing soil). Also, mass production of meat/dairy/eggs requires more crops, which just increases the need for [[fertilizer]] even more. | [[soil minerals|Animals don't add minerals]] to the overall system. They can only poop out whatever minerals were already there in the plants they eat (which came from the existing soil). Also, mass production of meat/dairy/eggs requires more crops, which just increases the need for [[fertilizer]] even more. | ||
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==FAQ - Animals== | |||
===="If everyone goes vegan, what would happen to the animals? What should farmers do with the animals?"==== | ===="If everyone goes vegan, what would happen to the animals? What should farmers do with the animals?"==== | ||
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* Even after everyone is fully vegan, domesticated chickens/pigs/cows would still exist - maybe '''~0.1%''' of today's farm animal population - kept deliberately to preserve the species. They wouldn't be used for food. ''Petting zoos'' might be a good place for them{{x|could be privately or publicly owned, depending on the market}}. In any case, they would have to be given a [[animal species conservation|decent standard of living]]. | * Even after everyone is fully vegan, domesticated chickens/pigs/cows would still exist - maybe '''~0.1%''' of today's farm animal population - kept deliberately to preserve the species. They wouldn't be used for food. ''Petting zoos'' might be a good place for them{{x|could be privately or publicly owned, depending on the market}}. In any case, they would have to be given a [[animal species conservation|decent standard of living]]. | ||
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===="What about all the animals killed in harvesting crops?"==== | |||
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1. Mention that it takes more crops to make an omnivore diet than it does to make a plant-based diet. | |||
2. Still research anyway to see actual statisitcs about field animal deaths. | |||
3. Open up the discussion about sentience being a continuum: Is the death of 1 mouse morally equal to the death of 1 cow? I would say no (even though but both lives matter to some degree). Different creatures have different capacity for conscious experience (it probably loosely correlates with brain size but i'm sure there are other factors as well). | |||
4. Even if it turns out that grass-fed beef involves fewer deaths per unit of protein (if we disregard the sentience continnum), don't forget that cows would not be able to produce enough protein to feed 8 billion people even if all land was grazed. So since we need some crops to feed the world, better to use fewer crops (via plant-based diets). | |||
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==FAQ - Other== | |||
==="Is it hypocritical when vegans are ok with abortion?"=== | |||
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{{talk|TODO: also add one about "first world privilege"}} | |||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[ | * [[Animal welfare]] | ||