In a recent newspaper article promoting the eating of seaweed and seaweed products,the argument was made that doing so was a more efficient use of energy than eating animals.Why would eating seaweed be more energy efficient than eating an animal?

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When animals consume plants, they convert only a small amount of the energy present in the plants into animal tissue. Therefore, it is more efficient to eat the plant directly rather than eating the animal that has consumed the plant. Seaweed is a plant and a good source of nutrients, and there is no intermediate step of conversion from plant to animal that will result in energy loss.

In a Recent Newspaper Article Promoting the Eating of Seaweed