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Cutting back meat production would definitely increase the efficiency of the food chain, but I don't think the world has enough biomass to sustain current fuel demands. Continued overconsumption of meat will certainly hasten the demise of the world's poor, though.

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by MillMan (millguy at gmail) on Wed Nov 14th, 2007 at 12:48:11 PM EST
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I don't think the world has enough biomass to sustain current fuel demands

 people might well have to travel less far, or at least less often.

i don't think absolute vegetarianism would fit every one, but meat-eating has become so out of proportion right now, and causes untold damages down the line, from making people more aggressive, to causing more cancers, heart disease etc.

the pollution to groundwater due to manure lakes from agribusiness factory farming is reason enough to reduce demand, imo.

but the best reason is the effect on one's health of a modulated, practical vegetarianism, and on the health of whole societies.

"These days, there's nothing more ridiculous than the truth." Leonard Pitts Jr

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Wed Nov 14th, 2007 at 02:24:04 PM EST
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We'll have to do that gardening diary yet. What do you think about a seasonal approach? If you're still in Hawaii, do you have seasons?

paul spencer
by paul spencer (spencerinthegorge AT yahoo DOT com) on Wed Nov 14th, 2007 at 10:32:30 PM EST
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hi paul, no i moved to italy 15 years ago, after that long in hawaii.

here we definitely have seasons, all four of them.

yesterday was the first snow...

i have a lot to learn about gardening, so you first!

"These days, there's nothing more ridiculous than the truth." Leonard Pitts Jr

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Thu Nov 15th, 2007 at 03:53:10 AM EST
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