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Old 18-05-2010, 10:18 AM posted to alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian,alt.food.vegan,talk.politics.animals,uk.environment.conservation,uk.rec.gardening
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Default The myth of food production "efficiency" in the "ar" debate

On May 18, 8:13*am, Steelclaws wrote:
On May 17, 9:51*pm, Rupert wrote:

It takes a smaller amount of land to feed the human population on a
plant-based diet than on an animal-based diet. What I said was
obvious, thank you.


While your claim might be theoretically correct, it ignores the fact
that all land is not arable and some non-arable land can be used for
grazing.


I doubt that that would affect the final outcome.