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Comment author: CronoDAS 25 December 2010 07:32:41PM *  0 points [-]

(Not entirely sure, but I think the ratio of energy input : output when farming cows was something like 40:1, whereas with chickens it's something like 7:1)

One thing kind of bugs me. Chicken is normally cheaper than beef at grocery stores and at most of the medium-priced chain restaurants I've been to. If chicken costs less to produce than beef, this makes sense. On the other hand, at every fast food restaurant I've been to, the hamburgers are always cheaper than the chicken, and I have no idea why.

Comment author: Raemon 25 December 2010 10:13:59PM 2 points [-]

I think that's just a demand (and sort of supply) thing. At fast food places, hamburgers are the established, traditional "common" thing, whereas chicken is slightly exotic and interesting. (Exotic is too strong a word, but on the nonexotic-exotic spectrum, chicken sandwiches are higher than beef).

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