"Derek" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 01:46:55 GMT, "rick" > wrote:
>>"Derek" > wrote in message
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>>> On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 23:00:31 GMT, "rick" >
>>> wrote:
>>>>"Derek" > wrote in message
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>>>>> On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 21:41:15 GMT, "rick" >
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>"Derek" > wrote in message
>>>>>>news:qe0171hrath22f0hon7orfp15griq2cl7h@4ax. com...
>>>>>>> On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 22:49:18 GMT, "rick" >
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>"Derek" > wrote in message
>>>>>>>>news:i2tu61ps07bl2cfa46t068s0ire64nq2qe@4a x.com...
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 23:40:02 -0400, Sprang
>>>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>In article
.earthlink.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.
>
> When are you going to explain why you lied? He never
> made the claim of 90%, like you insisted he did.
>
>>>>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.
>>========================
>>Still have comprehension problems, don't you fool. Your claim
>>is
>>that 72% of grains are fed to animals.
>
> Which supports his claim of "More than half ..." Look
> again at the evidence I produced above.
>
>> He claimed more than half of all crops are fed to animals.
>
> And he was correct to do so, according to the evidence
> I produced. You, however, lied by insisting, " He claimed
> that 90% of all crops are ed to animals."
> =====================
No, he wasn't correct, and neither are your attempts...



>>Too bad you are too stupid to even read, eh killer?
>
> Don't you realise that 72% is "More than half..." yet
> Rick?
================
Sure, but you have failed to show that half of all crops are fed
to animals, fool.


>
>> 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.
>>====================
>>You haven't presented the facts to prove what he said.
>
> You're lying again. Just look above and read what I
> brought here as evidence to prove it.
> =================
No, you haven't, 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.
>>>
>>> 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."
>>======================
>>Nope.
>
> Yep. Your math is clearly very poor. Believe it or not,
> 72% is "More than half ...", just like he said.
> =======================
Nope. Just as you have proven yourself, he was wrong. Thanks,
twits...



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