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the vast majority of what is consumed by animals would be waste from oil production. so humans do consume those beans, but give the leftovers to livestock. humans use 93 % of the soy, and any industrial waste is what is given to livestock

only 69% of the crop becomes soy cake. an additional 7% is given directly to livestock.

a soybean is only 20% oil. in order for 69% of the global crop to become suy cake, about 85% of the global crop must be pressed for oil. 20% of 85% is 17%. that's how much of the global soy crop ends up as oil according to that chart (between food oil and industrial applications).

your own last link has a chart that shows soy use. do you see how (almost) every bit of soy fed to livestock is soycake/soy meal? that is the byproduct of pressing soybeans for oil. if we didn't give it to livestock, it would be industrial waste.

it seems like you understand exactly what i'm saying, but you need to somehow paint yourself as right and me as wrong. fine.

have a nice day.

I'm not being cynical. what I said is true

have a nice day.

you didnt specify. you made a very broad claim which is not supported by the narrow study.

i can vote for a candidate without supporting every position they've had. i can buy a product without supporting all the labor practices of the company. to say i can't is myopic.

they only compared retail costs. they didn't account for people who get food for free or near free through poverty subsistence programs or hunting or fishing or farming their own. it basically didn't cover poor people at all.

it's not a Holocaust. we don't want to wipe out livestock.

if everyone switched to a plant-based diet

I've never seen a plan to actually achieve this