Isn’t that a major oxymoron? If it involves an animal at scale, it can’t be particularly environmentally friendly. Which animal-based protein has the lowest environmental impact, besides insects? Eggs? Whey? Crustaceans? Fish? Can fish or crustaceans process soy?
And no centralized nervous system meaning no pain and no consciousness. Call me a bad vegetarian, but I swear mussels are vegetables and I will die on this hill.
I mean, as long as you’re vegetarian to avoid causing harm, mussels are basically a pass. Oysters should fall into the same area, since they also have decentralized ganglia instead of a central nervous system. And they’re good for the water, so planting more of them is a good idea.
I will still eat oysters. They’re low impact, clean the water, and have no nervous system. I consider them fancy plants. Finding local ones (PNW) is the only challenge, most supermarket ones are from China.
Isn’t that a major oxymoron? If it involves an animal at scale, it can’t be particularly environmentally friendly. Which animal-based protein has the lowest environmental impact, besides insects? Eggs? Whey? Crustaceans? Fish? Can fish or crustaceans process soy?
Mussels are quite low emissions, low pollution. You stick a rope in the sea and let them grow.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03889-2
Mmm, rope meat.
… I kinda wish I liked mussels better now.
And no centralized nervous system meaning no pain and no consciousness. Call me a bad vegetarian, but I swear mussels are vegetables and I will die on this hill.
Meat vegetables 🤤
I mean, as long as you’re vegetarian to avoid causing harm, mussels are basically a pass. Oysters should fall into the same area, since they also have decentralized ganglia instead of a central nervous system. And they’re good for the water, so planting more of them is a good idea.
I will still eat oysters. They’re low impact, clean the water, and have no nervous system. I consider them fancy plants. Finding local ones (PNW) is the only challenge, most supermarket ones are from China.
Yes