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California’s Top Methane Emitter is a Vast Cattle Feedlot. For Now, Federal and State Greenhouse Gas Regulators Are Giving It a Pass. (insideclimatenews.org)

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[–] pizzaiolo 9 points 1 year ago (19 children)

Not to mention the amount of water required for operations like this

[–] hh93@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (18 children)

Or the amount of rainforest that was burned down to produce soy to feed to those.

It's just irresponsible to accept meat as a default food option.

Even if you don't go vegan completely no-one should have it more than once a week. Slowly cutting back now makes it way less expensive and also easier once the regulations happen - and it also shows the politicians that they have people behind them for regulations like that, too

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com -5 points 1 year ago (14 children)

Abbott 85% of the global soy crop is pressed for oil for human use: livestock are mostly fed the industrial waste from that process

[–] pizzaiolo 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Brazil sells soy mostly to feed pigs and chickens in China

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

pigs and chickens are mostly fed soy cake: the industrial waste from making soybean oil

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Going to copy my comment from above:

Soybean meal is not a byproduct of soybean production either. It's the main source of revenue

When we look at the most common extraction method for soybean oil (using hexane solvents), soybean meal is still the driver of demand

However, soybean meal is the main driving force for soybean oil production due to its significant amount of productivity and revenues

[...]

soybean meal and hulls contribute to over 60% of total revenues, with meal taking the largest portion of over 59% of total revenue

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0926669017305010

This is even more true of other methods like expelling which is still somewhat commonly used

Moreover, soybean meal is the driving force for the whole process [expelling oil from soy] because it provides over 70% of the total revenue for soy processing by expelling

https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/9/5/87

Even other extraction methods being explored in research as well don't have soybean oil as the main driver of demand

From the results, soybean oil makes up around 24% of total revenues; revenue from insoluble fiber makes over 70%, due to the large amounts produced throughout the process. [of Enzyme-Assisted Aqueous Extraction]

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jasreen-Sekhon/publication/330375817_Economic_Feasibility_of_Soybean_Oil_Production_by_Enzyme-Assisted_Aqueous_Extraction_Processing/links/5c49d531a6fdccd6b5c586b6/Economic-Feasibility-of-Soybean-Oil-Production-by-Enzyme-Assisted-Aqueous-Extraction-Processing.pdf

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

Soybean meal is not a byproduct of soybean production either. It's the main source of revenue

these aren't mutually exclusive

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

it's the bulk of the weight of the bean, but it isn't the reason it's grown

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago

Hexane extraction is the most common method used in the industry to produce soybean oil due to its high oil recovery and lower production cost. With the demands of soybean oil increasing either in food or industrial applications, expansion plans are considered by many companies to increase production capacity.

I can't believe how dishonestly you are trying to cherrypick those papers

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