On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 21:41:15 GMT, "rick" > wrote:
>"Derek" > wrote in message ...
>> 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
>>>=================
>>>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.
>=================
>I have, maybe you should learn. He claimed that 90% of all crops
>are ed to animals.

Look at the top of this post and you'll see that he
claimed, "More than half of America's crop production
is fed to livestock.", not 90%, liar Ricky, As it turns
out, his 51% guess is 21% shy of the actual 72%
given by David Pimentel Cornell University and Mario
Giampietro Isiituto Nazionale dell; Nutrizione, Rome.

"In fact, of the total domestic consumption of cereal
grains

*72% are used to feed livestock,**

11% are for direct human consumption ...."
http://dieoff.org/page55.htm