On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 05:51:28 -0500, Peter H wrote:


Alan Connor wrote:

Don't want to face the fact that your dietstyle is just habit and
has nothing to do with nutrition whatsoever?




Nutrition: the act or process of nourishing or being nourished; specif.
the sum of the processes by which an animal or plant takes in and
utilizes food substances. (Merriam Webbster's Collegiate Dictionary,
10th Ed.

Since you know absolutely nothing of my diet other than a very few items
out of a great many, you are not qualified to pass judgemnent on it.

Pete H

--
When eating an elephant
take one bite at a time.
C. Abrams



I don't get that at all...

When the system breaks down, there are certain exigencies that will have to
be dealt with:


There are a LOT of people on a continent that has very little wilderness
left in regions that are realistically habitable.

Hunting, fishing, and trapping territories will be jealously and homicidally
guarded.

Even then, they all take a LOT of work and energy and time.

As does ranching of any kind.

There will be brigands and refugees everywhere, so maintaining a low profile
will be a matter of life and death.

Because of these factors, a sensible person will choose a plant based lifestyle.

A 'vegan' can live off of about 1/4 of an acre, including veggies, grains,
sugar plants, oilseeds, bush-cane-vine fruits, and fiber plants.

If you use no-till gardening techniques and dry and 'root-cellar' your stored
foods, very little work is involved.

And not much water, which is a critical consideration.

The gardens can be spread out in irregular patches that look like natural
plant communities from more than a few yards away, rendering them invisible
for all intents and purposes.

There are also some 1800 species of wild edible plants in North America,
and if you can live off of them, you can live off the land AS you travel,
which could save your life if you have to pull up stakes and run for it.

And all you will have to take with you is SEEDS. Try running with cows and
chickens.....

Like it or not, being skilled at camoflauge and being mobile are the two
things that anyone who hopes to survive long after the Collapse must have.


AC