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Originally Posted by inflammabl

It's not clear to me that grass fed beef (GFB) consume that much less energy. Since GFB is more expensive, my educated guess is that there are hidden energy costs that add up to the GFB at least being the same, if not more, energy intensive.

In other words, there's no free lunch. (I crack myself up.)

It might just come down to edible grass having less energy density per area than cattlefeed. So it's more land intensive. The question is, can enough beef be raised by grass-feed to constitute a very significant portion of the human diet? I think there's always a place for it, because there's always going to be some land that's most useful for grazing.