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Re: Rolling Blackouts
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sun, 3 Jun 2001 05:42:16 GMT
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I found a few cool pieces of information that seemed relevant to grazing,
beef cattle, etc. These facts also point out the environmental benefits of
being vegetarian:
- About 85% of topsoil erosion is directly attributable to raising animals
for food.
- Raising animals for food consumes more than half of ALL water used for ALL
purposes in the United States.
- Raising animals for food causes more water pollution in the United States
than ANY other industry, because animals raised for food produce 20 TIMES
the excrement of the ENTIRE human population--230,000 pounds every second!
- Raising animals for food consumes one-third of ALL raw materials,
including fossil fuels, used for ALL purposes in the United States.
- Of all agricultural land in the United States, 87% is used to raise
animals for food. The average pure vegetarian requires less than 6% of the
land required to feed the average carnivore.
- Methane is one of the four greenhouse gasses that contribute to global
warming. The world's 1.3 billions cows produce one-fifth of all methane
emitted into the atmosphere.
Pretty scary, huh? And with America's alarming rates of heart disease and
colon cancer, it's a wonder why people don't choose a healthier, more earth
friendly diet.
Dan
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| (...) <snip> Thanks for those (pretty scary) factoids! They argue that the true cost of meat is a LOT higher than we are actually paying because the producers are - using subsidised grazing - using subsidized feed - not paying for the pollution they (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) We don't know. The true cost of subsidized beef is unknown. The true cost of eating more meat and less vegetables (health costs, economic benefits of people living longer) is unknown. The true cost of overgrazing is unknown. There are too many (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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