On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 23:00:31 GMT, "rick" > wrote:
>"Derek" > wrote in message ...
>> 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.
>===============
>Yeah, I picked the 90 from your idiocy.

You don't get to blame me for your errors and subsequent
lies, Ricky.

>You still haven't proven him right, killer..

He claimed that, "More than half of America's crop
production is fed to livestock.", and the evidence
which gives a 72 % is exactly as he said: more than
half, which proves he was right. This is very basic
stuff Rick, and if you can't admit you're wrong on
something as simple and as obvious as this, then it's
certain you'll never admit to being wrong about
anything, even when forced to look at the facts.

>> "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.

72% is more than half, which proves 'Sprang' was
right.

>His statement was "America's crop production"

He was referring to grain;
"It takes more grain to produce meat than to produce
grain. More than half of America's crop production
is fed to livestock."

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