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Old 03-06-2019, 08:16 AM   #1
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Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda

One of those hippie, finger wagging, librarian clucking, party pooping organizations, Worldwatch Institute tells us what we shoulda, coulda, woulda done more gooder.
  • Pork is the most widely consumed meat in the world, followed by poultry, beef, and mutton.
  • Poultry production is the fastest growing meat sector, increasing 4.7 percent in 2010 to 98 million tons.
  • Worldwide, per capita meat consumption increased from 41.3 kilograms in 2009 to 41.9 kilograms in 2010. People In the developing world eat 32 kilograms of meat a year on average, compared to 80 kilograms per person in the industrial world.
  • Of the 880 million rural poor people living on less than $1 per day, 70 percent are partially or completely dependent on livestock for their livelihoods and food security.
  • Demand for livestock products will nearly double in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, from 200 kilocalories per person per day in 2000 to some 400 kilocalories in 2050.
  • Raising livestock accounts for roughly 23 percent of all global water use in agriculture, equivalent to 1.15 liters of water per person per day.
  • Livestock account for an estimated 18 percent of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions, producing 40 percent of the world’s methane and 65 percent of the world’s nitrous oxide.
  • Seventy-five percent of the antibiotics used on livestock are not absorbed by the animals and are excreted in waste, posing a serious risk to public health.
  • An estimated 11 percent of deaths in men and 16 percent of deaths in women could be prevented if people decreased their red meat consumption to the level of the group that ate the least.
  • Eating organic, pasture-raised animals can be healthier and environmentally beneficial compared to industrial feedlot systems.

So next time you tuck into that juicy steak, bucket of wings, rasher of bacon, please feel guilty. But you must clean your plate because there are children starving in Asia... your Mom told me.
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Old 03-06-2019, 08:35 AM   #2
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Pasture raised livestock is better for everything IMO. Using the Salatin method anyway.

Some clever person somewhere should design a pilot light for a cow ass just for the burn off. Or maybe an electronic igniter. With a solar battery charger.


Just to reduce that 40%.

Then can I go back to burning used auto tires on the weekends?
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Old 03-06-2019, 10:53 AM   #3
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Livestock account...65 percent of the world’s nitrous oxide.
I figured there would be some giggling beforehand...But I didn't know sucking a cow's ass could bring on the giggles.
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