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Todd writes:
On 06/12/2014 09:55 AM, Drew Lawson wrote:

Grow cows. I love to eat cows too. What a silly argument.

Perhaps you can show me a cite for a means to raise cattle that
produces anywhere the same calories/acre that grain does. Without
that, your proposal still reduces the effective food supply.

You missed the point. On soil that won't grow anything
else other than cellulose (grass), grow cows (livestock)
on it. Use the good soil to grow other stuff.

When you switch that land from growing grain to grazing cattle, you
reduce the yield in terms of calories/acre. The world still has
billions of people to feed, and you have just reduced the food
supply. Where do you make up that deficit?

I much prefer steak to bread, but I'm not as comfortable as you
appear to be with suggesting that we willfully require others to
starve.

Remember, this whole subthread started with you saying that we
should stop farming grain, and David asking how you suggest feeding
the 7 billion humans without grain. You have yet to address that
question.

I'm happy for you that you like your new diet and lifestyle.
However, that does not address the question.

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