The SECOND LIVESTOCK eliminated the need for the physical space needed for free-range livestock. It claims to give livestock the experience of Free Range life while it is all happened in a small cage. The animals spend their whole lives in a virtual world, light pipes are used to illuminate the building during daylight hours as sunlight.
The actual device and cage of the SECOND LIVESTOCK
I will not be talking about how inhuman the SECOND LIVESTOCK is. As I want to focus on the sustainability of the SECOND LIVESTOCK project. As they claimed that they have minimised the ecological footprint compare to the free-range chicken and allowed an increased production density. As the chicken waste will also be collected as fertilizer, the facilities are claimed to be highly energy efficient.
It's time to discuss about their claims are true or not, first, the company claimed to keep every process sustainable, the facilities might not work perfectly as they claimed and the maintenance cost will be high since each chicken has its own device. Second, there is a high chance where some of the device might not work properly and causes problems. Thirdly, the handling the chicken waste can actually create a lot of water pollution if a single part in the process went wrong. Also, all the facilities from the virtual headset to the cages needed a high level of energy to maintain and might create a large amount of electronic waste to the land.
The waste of free range chicken can go the the natural environment directly. There are natural air for ventilation, there will not be any energy needed to create a virtual electronic device for the chicken. Therefore, I do not support the concept of SECOND LIVESTOCK.
Reference:
Ecologically Sound. (n.d.). Retrieved May 10, 2016, from http://www.secondlivestock.com/public/eco_s.php
Oculus Rift... for chickens?! (n.d.). Retrieved May 22, 2016, from http://www.cnet.com/au/news/oculus-rift-for-chickens/
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