Cowculator - Friends, Not Food

Thank you for your kind words. And thanks for being the change.

You don’t have to believe if you can read. The source of the data is given within the app. I’d love to see different numbers. Can you provide them? Or is a 1-star rating your strongest defense? I guess it is. In response to the response: That’s your research? You googled it? So you have no data? No peer-reviewed journals? You know the articles trying to debunk Cowspiracy, which you’ve most likely stumbled upon while you were googling for something, are sponsored by the meat industry? Just google it. Last response: The meat industry funds research that fits their agenda.

Hi there. Thanks for downloading and reviewing Cowculator. I'd strongly recommend you to do some research about the subject before debating veganism. Since you’ve decided to start a debate while being misinformed, I'd like to help you out with two of the misconceptions you've used to argue against veganism. Hopefully you won’t make these same mistakes again. The first misconception is: more cows will be left alive if you go vegan. Answer: we do not stop the production of meat by going vegan, nor do we save any livestock currently alive from being slaughtered. What we are trying to achieve as vegans is to decrease the overall demand for meat (or any animal product), which eventually will lead to a decrease in the number of animals bred for production/consumption (thus the future numbers of livestock). As demand for meat (dairy, eggs) will decrease, demand for alternatives will increase. We can already see a steep incline in the availability of vegan offerings: meat alternatives, plant-based milks, and vegan cheeses. This falls under the law of supply and demand and should be covered in any economics 101 class. The second misconception is: vegans consume more vegetables than carnists. Answer: the cow or pig you are eating consumed up to 12 times the amount of food a vegan consumes. Let alone the number of resources needed to grow all this food. The exact number differs between species, vegetation, and methods of production. So while you are correct that vegans do eat more vegetables than carnists, ultimately a vegan diet requires less vegetables (thus less energy) than a carnist diet. I’d recommend you to look up more information regarding food chains, trophic levels, and energy flow. This should be covered in any biology 101 class. For future reference, http://yourveganfallacyis.com/, can help you from making logical fallacies related to veganism. In addition, you should always fact-check and verify your resources before constructing an unbiased argument. I'm glad I was able to solve your problem. Have a great day!

Not all animals are cows. If you’ve ever eaten more than 1 chicken wing, or a hamburger (of which a single patty can contain the flesh of more than 100 different cows), or a few shrimps, you did eat the flesh of more than 1 animal. Animals cannot die half. And those quantities are usually considered to be 1 meal, where on average we tend to eat 3 meals per day. But you would’ve gotten all of this if you would’ve taken the time to take notice of where the data comes from. Thanks for giving it a shot though, and for providing me the opportunity to point out your fallacy. Update: Imagine how I would have felt after reading your review. You’re not vegan (and never will be) but yet you know better than anyone how wrong the data in my app is, without providing any evidence or source to support that claim. I wonder if you installed my app just so you could leave a negative review. I’m glad you deleted my app.