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- From: young@clpd.kodak.com (Rich Young)
- Subject: Re: Combine'd' laziness
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.233938.20777@pixel.kodak.com>
- Originator: young@sasquatch
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- Organization: Clinical Diagnostics Division, Eastman Kodak Company
- References: <1993Jan22.014645.28033@pixel.kodak.com> <C19u5u.83B@wpg.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 23:39:38 GMT
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- In article <C19u5u.83B@wpg.com> russ@wpg.com (Russell Lawrence) writes:
-
- [...]
-
- >Right off hand, I'd say that there isn't too much that we can do
- >to reduce termite-methane-production, and even if there
- >was, it would have no bearing on our decision to-produce or
- >not-to-produce cattle for consumption. Vis-a-vis the methane
- >that you say is produced by rice paddies, bear in mind that the
- >global production of rice is 450 million metric tons or
- >thereabouts, whereas global meat production (including non-ruminant
- >animals) is roughly 100 million metric tons (carcass weight).
-
- Your point? The fact remains, assuming we can believe the statements
- each of us posted, that the largest cause of atmospheric methane
- is not the farming of livestock.
-
- >Vis-a-vis the world's food supply, which of the two categories could
- >we cut without causing famine?
-
- Famine for whom?
-
- I could do no more than speculate regarding the answer to your
- question. I would guess that any answer would depend heavily on
- the circumstances of the one supplying the answer. A Masai, for
- example, might well answer differently than you. Eliminating
- the production of rice wouldn't be a major impact on the diet
- of most North Americans, but elimination of livestock production
- certainly would.
-
-
- -Rich Young (These are not Kodak's opinions.)
-