On Sun, 05 Sep 2004 18:33:10 GMT, Alan Connor > wrote:
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> Mark Preston wrote:
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> There isn't anything wrong with humanely killing animals that have had
> a decent life and eating them in ORDINARY TIMES.
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> These are not ORDINARY TIMES.
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> The world is radically over-populated and has been seriously harmed by
> industry. Fresh water and arable land become more scarce every year.
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> Eating animal products is many, many times more environmentally destructive
> than eating plant products, all other things being equal and in most cases.
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> Just to grow the plants to feed the animals needed to provide the average
> American with their food, it takes about 3 and 1/2 acres of land. The same
> amount of calories and protein can be produced on 1/10 acre of plants and
> consumed directly.
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> The freshwater requirements for the animal product consumer are staggeringly
> higher than those of a plant product consumer, and fresh water shortages
> are becoming more widespread and persistent every year.
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> AC
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I only respond to intelligent posts.

AC