“EA Forum Post” by Bean And Barley Muncher

Should you donate to animal welfare nonprofits or invest in alt proteins? It's a difficult question to answer because there are so many assumptions that go into any head-to-head comparison. But like all ancient philosophers, I turned to Excel for moral enlightenment. Specifically, I built a model and found that under most assumptions, you’re probably better off donating to animal welfare nonprofits. I need to give a fair bit of context, and then I’ll dive into the model, which can be found here PF vs CC Impact US.xlsx The first bit of context is a crash course in precision fermentation. If you like beer, you’re already familiar with fermentation, but scientifically this is what's happening. Yeast eat grains and “digest” them into alcohol, basically by rearranging the old atoms into new molecules. Yogurt, kombucha, and tempeh are produced in the same way- microbes eat one food and process them [...] The original text contained 10 images which were described by AI. --- First published: January 1st, 2025 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/CA8a9JS3fYb63YWoh/ea-forum-post --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.