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2on2u

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2. We are gonna need a bigger
Sun Apr 29, 2012, 08:41 AM
Apr 2012

ocean.

http://www.vegsource.com/articles/pimentel_water.htm

March 1, 2001 -- To date, probably the most reliable and widely-accepted water estimate to produce a pound of beef is the figure of 2,500 gallons/pound. Newsweek once put it another way: "the water that goes into a 1,000 pound steer would float a destroyer."

Not surprisingly, the beef industry promotes a study that determined, using highly suspect calculations, that only 441 gallons of water are required to produce a pound of beef.

(The cattlemen's study applied liberal deductions from water actually used, reasoning that water was evaporated at points during the process, or was "returned" to the water table after being used to grow plant feed, or was returned to the water table via urea and excrement from cows. Thus, study authors reasoned these waters were not "lost" but "recycled" and therefore could be subtracted from gross amount of water actually used in beef production. Of course, evaporation and cow dung don't go very far in replenishing water pumped from acquifers which took thousands of years to fill. It's interesting to consider that if the same fuzzy math were applied to calculating how much water it takes to grow vegetables, potatoes would probably only require about 2 gallons of water per pound.)

The population will likely suffer more cardiovascular disease among other problems. no_hypocrisy Apr 2012 #1
Really... KansDem Apr 2012 #3
Don't they smoke A LOT more than we do, too? sadbear Apr 2012 #5
Chinese life expectancy has increased dramatically since 1960. slackmaster Apr 2012 #9
No, They were just doing things very wrong in the 1960's Taitertots Apr 2012 #30
Cheney's going to have to spend a lot more for his next new heart. Gidney N Cloyd Apr 2012 #22
Not due to this 4th law of robotics May 2012 #40
We are gonna need a bigger 2on2u Apr 2012 #2
It is not like they destroy it quaker bill Apr 2012 #7
Must also consider the larger population. The chart is in absolute tonnage. geckosfeet Apr 2012 #4
Meats provide high-quality protein. Increased per-capita meat consumption will be good for China. slackmaster Apr 2012 #6
No actually it won't be good for China, or for the planet. Warren Stupidity Apr 2012 #12
In 1960 the life expectancy of a Chinese man was 35 years. slackmaster Apr 2012 #13
Nice try, but no cigar, mzteris Apr 2012 #15
They had very little protein in 1961 muriel_volestrangler Apr 2012 #17
Vegetal can and does mzteris Apr 2012 #18
And they weren't eating enough vegetal protein, as the figures show muriel_volestrangler Apr 2012 #20
did I miss something? mzteris Apr 2012 #26
Those are the figures for protein - vegetal, and animal, in grams per capita per day muriel_volestrangler Apr 2012 #28
so China's worst mzteris Apr 2012 #33
No, my message is that you were wrong muriel_volestrangler Apr 2012 #35
The average Chinese NOW is STILL mzteris May 2012 #39
For a nation with inadequate protein consumption, they sure kestrel91316 Apr 2012 #23
Yeah, Maoist policies caused millions of people to starve Taitertots Apr 2012 #34
Depends on how the meat is raised... drokhole Apr 2012 #14
They will get to be healthier and live longer 4th law of robotics May 2012 #41
about statistics quaker bill Apr 2012 #8
+1 Warren Stupidity Apr 2012 #11
It's almost like their population is four times the United States' or something. (nt) Posteritatis Apr 2012 #10
Here's the database behind the statistics muriel_volestrangler Apr 2012 #16
I wonder what the per capita consumption is.... tnvoter Apr 2012 #19
Gross! Quantess Apr 2012 #21
As if you need meat to become obese. Pacafishmate Apr 2012 #38
Carbs are more the source of our obesity than fat/protein 4th law of robotics May 2012 #42
Does this mean we can send PETA to China? GaYellowDawg Apr 2012 #24
What's wrong with PETA? Zalatix Apr 2012 #31
They're annoying. Pacafishmate Apr 2012 #37
The per capita meat consumption in China is about 47% of the United States FarCenter Apr 2012 #25
Yep, about half, so the OP was correct. nt redqueen Apr 2012 #27
A more accurate headline -- "It’s official: China now eats half as much meat as we do" FarCenter Apr 2012 #36
Well the title was accurate 4th law of robotics May 2012 #43
And? apocalypsehow Apr 2012 #29
Meat is death. nt onehandle Apr 2012 #32
Since those are not per capita figures, MineralMan May 2012 #44
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