On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 22:49:18 GMT, "rick" > wrote:
>"Derek" > wrote in message ...
>> On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 23:40:02 -0400, Sprang > wrote:
>>>In article .net>, "rick" > wrote:
>>>
>> [..]
>>>> > It takes more grain to produce meat than to produce
>>>> > grain. More than half of America's crop production
>>>> > is fed to livestock.
>>>> ======================
>>>> ROTLMAO You have proof of that claim, right?
>>>
>>>I guess I'll have to do the research for you tomorrow, meat
>>>industry apologist. It has been a while since I looked into that,
>>>but that's the number I remember. Or do you already have
>>>an idea of how much grain in the U.S goes to livestock?
>>
>> '..according to FAO (199lc) the cereal grains consumed
>> directly per capita are just a small fraction of the total per
>> capita cereal grains consumption (directly and indirectly)
>> in the United States. In fact, of the total domestic
>> consumption of cereal grains 72% are used to feed
>> livestock, 11% are for direct human consumption, and the
>> remaining 17% are used by the food industry to produce
>> different food products and alcoholic beverages. Therefore,
>> almost 90% of the cereal grains are consumed indirectly
>> by Americans. A similar pattern occurs for soybeans
>> and oil seeds. A large fraction of soybeans is used for
>> feeding livestock, either directly or in the form of
>> by-products (bean meal) of soy oil production, and in the
>> food industry to produce soy oil for human consumption.'
>> http://dieoff.org/page55.htm
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>I never thought I'd ever say this, but thanks twit. You just
>proved him wrong....

Rather, those percentages prove you wrong and 'Sprang' right.
Learn to read.