"Derek" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 21:41:15 GMT, "rick" > wrote:
>>"Derek" > wrote in message
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>>> On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 22:49:18 GMT, "rick" >
>>> wrote:
>>>>"Derek" > wrote in message
m...
>>>>> On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 23:40:02 -0400, Sprang
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>In article
thlink.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.
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Yeah, I picked the 90 from your idiocy. You still haven't proven
him right, killer..


>
> "In fact, of the total domestic consumption of cereal
> grains
>
> *72% are used to feed livestock,**
> ============================
Too bad you still haven't proved him right. His statement was
"America's crop production" fool. Now, go back and rethink your
lys...




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