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noxx1234567 t1_jbjay2y wrote

Reply to comment by Buford12 in TIL that a 26-story skyscraper pig farm was built in China's Hubei province, and has the capacity to slaughter 1.2 million pigs a year. by DukeMaximum

Industrial scale farming has a lot of logistical and scaling advantages over traditional farms .Energy is cheap in china

They probably have their own effluent treatment and recycling plants

Then again this is probably a prototype facility to research and further improve any negatives. If it's successful they can replicate it all over the country and be independent of imported food

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Buford12 t1_jbj7vjw wrote

Reply to comment by noxx1234567 in TIL that a 26-story skyscraper pig farm was built in China's Hubei province, and has the capacity to slaughter 1.2 million pigs a year. by DukeMaximum

I under stand that. But if you built a one story facility out of the city it's initialization cost would have to be less than half the cost. Plus 2 million hogs would require a large amount of energy for refrigeration and ventilation to maintain a viable environment.
Then also you have just added 2 million residents to the city's water and sewer systems.

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OkThereBro t1_jbiu3ik wrote

Reply to comment by obscureferences in TIL that a 26-story skyscraper pig farm was built in China's Hubei province, and has the capacity to slaughter 1.2 million pigs a year. by DukeMaximum

You talk about vegans like they're all the same. Every vegan I've met had been very rational and respectful. Forcing or judging others for their behavior is stupid and if people have don't that to you then I could understand why you feel the way you do. But those people where just assholes, not just "vegans".

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OkThereBro t1_jbity8a wrote

Reply to comment by obscureferences in TIL that a 26-story skyscraper pig farm was built in China's Hubei province, and has the capacity to slaughter 1.2 million pigs a year. by DukeMaximum

When your preference is hurting animals then obviously there will be those who disagree. I highly doubt vegans "not tolerating" (which doesn't even make sense as it's not like they're stopping you) has any impact on your life. A preference isn't some defence for any behavior. I guarantee you don't "tolerate" plenty of people's "preferences".

I will say it's easy to have your preferences and not impose them on others, people who do that are assholes but they're not just in the vegan community they're everywhere. I've never met a vegan like that, not that they don't exist.

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rope_rope t1_jbianb6 wrote

Reply to comment by vindictivejazz in TIL that a 26-story skyscraper pig farm was built in China's Hubei province, and has the capacity to slaughter 1.2 million pigs a year. by DukeMaximum

I mean I'm willing to give up a small piece of flavor pleasure to do the right thing. I wouldn't keep drinking orphan's tears just because I couldn't find the exact flavor elsewhere...

Lab grown meat is quite far away still, and while it may be cheaper to produce, those cost savings sure as shit won't go to consumers...

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