• Evkob (they/them)@lemmy.ca
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      Even if we discovered that plants feel pain to the same extent as animals, a vegan diet would still be the moral option seeing as an omnivorous diet requires more plants (via animal feed) than a vegan one.

      Efficiency of energy transfer is lost very quickly at higher trophic levels.

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      Communication amongst organisms doesn’t imply a significant amount of morally valuable traits surrounding consciousness. Fungi communicate and even cells communicate. Communication is just the sending of information