J. Baird Callicott on the Catastrophe of Vegetarianism
Animal Ethics
DECEMBER 21, 2008
It represents an increase in the efficiency of the conversion of solar energy from plant to human biomass, and thus, by bypassing animal intermediates, increases available food resources for human beings. The shift is a downward one on the trophic pyramid, which in effect shortens those food chains terminating with man.
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