"Alan Moorman" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 06 Feb 2007 17:09:38 GMT, "ontheroad"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>"Alan Moorman" > wrote in ·
>>>
>>> I'm not a vegetarian, but here are some thoughts:
>>>
>>> Most cattle, be they meat or milk sources, are NOT raised on
>>> grass. They are raised on grain which costs a LOT in terms
>>> of all the machinery used to plant, cultivate, and harvest
>>> them. Lots of petroleum burned.
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>>Actually, you're wrong. In the US all beef cattle are raised on pasture
>>or
>>range. Then, only 3/4 of those are sent to feedlots. Continuing to buy
>>into the propaganda doesn't make any changes. Grass-fed beef is a
>>growing
>>commodity, and buying it is really the only way to affect a change in the
>>'typical' production methods.
>>
> Go do the research.
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I have. You should take your own advice. ALL beef cattle in the US are
raised on pasture or range,
and then 3/4 of those are sent to feedlots.


>
> It is a plain fact that the amount of grains (cultivated
> using gasoline, diesel, pesticides and fertilizers) used in
> the "production" of meat for the table is a huge amount of
> the money and resources spent on food.
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Whaich can all be avoided by eating the right meats. A vegetarian CANNOT
escape any of that production for his foods.



> If the vegetarian foods went directly to our tables, instead
> of through animals, we would be spending far less or our
> resources on food.
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Not really. How much of the crop plants that are grown just for people to
eat are actually eaten?
Try corn. Do you eat the stalk? The silk? The husk? The leaves? the
cob? Nope, just the kernels.
The corn that is grown for animal consumption is not grown the same as what
we eat, and the cattle can eat almost the entire thing.




> I know these are facts, but I'm not willing to find and cite
> references. You should do the research and you'll find
> that you are wrong.
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Nope. I am right. There is NO requirement to feed any crops to cattle.
The use of large feedlots operations are the inventention of the last
century to keep farmers in production.
The facts are that there are meats that you can eat that cause far less
overall deaths to animals, and far far less environmental destruction.
Delusions and propaganda don't count.


>
> Bye.
>
> Alan
>
> ==
>
> It's not that I think stupidity should be punishable by death.
> I just think we should take the warning labels off of everything
> and let the problem take care of itself.
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