Eating plants kills animals

Most people haven't considered how eating plants kills animals, yet they rush into ethical vegan or vegetarian diets, or feel guilt about eating meat. People should study issues more or, like Socrates, recognize how little they know.

Sources:

Mouse deaths: "Hence, considering only the killing related to mouse plagues and taking the most conservative estimate, at least 100 mice are killed per hectare per year (500/4 X 0.8) to grow grain." (There are .4 acres in a hectare, and 100 * .4 = 40 mice.) from Archer, Michael. "Slaughter of the singing sentients: Measuring the morality of eating red meat." Australian Zoologist 35.4 (2011): 979-982. Available at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael-Archer-3/publication/272706483_Slaughter_of_the_singing_sentients_Measuring_the_morality_of_eating_red_meat/links/555845d208aeaaff3bf78773/Slaughter-of-the-singing-sentients-Measuring-the-morality-of-eating-red-meat.pdf

Wheat calories: https://www.waldeneffect.org/blog/Calories_per_acre_for_various_foods/

Cow calories: https://www.reddit.com/r/theydidthemonstermath/comments/a8ha9r/how_many_calories_are_in_a_whole_cow/

The mouse deaths figure is disputed and I don't know how good it is. I used it only for a rough estimate. The calorie numbers are also rough estimates.

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