Comment by lynndotpy
6 days ago
Tofu uses about 50x less land, 5x water, and produces 15x less CO2 per gram of protein compared to beef. It's pretty remarkable by these metrics even compared to other plant foods. Tofu would certainly be understood as "OP" in any simulated game like civilization. We in the US are disadvantaged just for our intractable attachment to beef.
Plus, all the other nice things about it (high in fiber, doesn't incur the bodily damage associated with red meat and saturated fat, is complete protein, lasts for over a month in the fridge, can be produced shelf-table, etc.) And it's not like you have to choose one or the other.
Meat is subsidized in the US, so while tofu is usually cheap, it's not by as much as those numbers would suggest. (About 3x, for those just tracking protein. At my Costco, it's about $30 for 4lb of 85% ground beef or $7 for 4lb of tofu. That works out to $0.10 per gram protein for the beef, or $0.03 per gram of protein for the tofu.)
Had to use beef and not chicken? And I noticed you didn't mention nutrition but rather economics.
Tofu still compares favorably to chicken, it uses about 2x less water and produces about 3x less CO2 than chicken. Looking at my Costco, tofu is about the same price per gram protein as chicken.
I used common English words using simple grammatical structures in short paragraphs. My comment was short and easy to read. I articulated the nutritive qualities clearly and succinctly. Tofu compares favorably to beef and chicken in terms of nutrition as well. (And that's even if we're ignoring how commonly meats have added table and curing salts).
Further, we're discussing beef in this thread, and anyone who was reading this thread would have that context. You're implying that tofu to beef was intentionally done to disfavor the meat industry, which is either bad-faith rhetoric, or you are someone who is commenting without having the context that beef is discussed pretty centrally throughout this thread.
Your reply does not seem like good-faith participation from a human. You are clearly not even reading the comments you are replying to.
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