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Old 24-05-2010, 03:22 PM 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 5/23/2010 11:54 PM, Rupert wrote:
On May 19, 6:07 am, "Fred C.
wrote:
On 5/18/2010 12:46 PM, Rupert wrote:



On May 19, 12:40 am, "Fred C.
wrote:
On 5/18/2010 2:18 AM, Rupert wrote:


On May 18, 8:13 am, wrote:
On May 17, 9:51 pm, 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.


It certainly does.


Do you have some data to back that up?


Shove it, rupie - you know there is non-arable land used for grazing.


We're talking about the proposition "It takes a smaller amount of land
to feed the human population on a plant-based diet than on an animal-
based diet"


We're not, ****wit.