[tarsinge]

The point is that if the food is not meat we need like up to 75% less crops, which is completely attainable without synthetic fertilizer.

[tarsinge]

Source: https://ourworldindata.org/land-use

The figure given is 77% of agricultural land is used for livestock

[tremon]

That land use figure includes grazing areas, not just crop fields.

[ekianjo]

Claiming it does not make it so.

[tovej]

Every addition of a new consumer in a food chain brings with it a high rate of energy loss. The cow will need to use its energy to live, only a small portion of the energy is left in the steak you eat. 75% is a good approximation.

In general, the shorter the food chain, the more efficient it is. This is a universally known fact. I will drop some helpful links for you if you doubt this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_flow_(ecology) https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z2m39j6/revision/6 https://scienceaid.net/biology/ecology/food.html#ecological_...