Jahnu wrote:

> On Mon, 5 Jan 2004 08:55:07 -0600, "Russ Thompson" >
> wrote:
>
>
>>The Hunger Argument
>>
>>Number of people worldwide who will die of starvation this year: 60
>>million.
>>Number of people who could be adequately fed with the grain saved if
>>Americans reduced their intake of meat by 10 perc.: 60 million
>>Human beings in America: 243 million
>>Number of people who could be fed with grain and soybeans now eaten by
>>U.S. livestock: 1.3 billion
>>Percentage of corn grown in the U.S. eaten by people: 20
>>Percentage of corn grown in the U.S. eaten by livestock: 80
>>Percentage of oats grown in the U.S. eaten by livestock: 95
>>Percentage of protein waste by cycling grain through livestock: 99
>>How frequently a child starves to death: every 2 seconds
>>Pounds of potatoes that can be grown on an ac 20.OOO
>>
>>
>>*** Much to my surpise I have discovered that there are certain people who
>>actually buy into the above.
>
>
> Much to my surprise I have discovered that there are certain people
> who actually willfully choose to live in denial of the above.

"The above" is bullshit; unadulterated bullshit. The
problem of world hunger has nothing to do with feeding
grain to livestock.