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GliderGuider

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12. I saw that.

Reply to RiverLover (Reply #9)

Mon Oct 5, 2015, 07:08 AM

Oct 2015

Although the point of that article is much the same as mine, the author seriously underestimated the mass of domesticated animals, and so the scale of the problem. It's twice as bad as he thinks.

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The Weight of the World [View all] GliderGuider Oct 2015 OP

kick, kick, kick..... daleanime Oct 2015 #1

Here is the response of the executive Environmental Editor at NationalGeographic... GliderGuider Oct 2015 #2

Good for him! Duppers Oct 2015 #3

Extremely, shockingly Informative! Duppers Oct 2015 #4

Re prayer - anything that makes people more able to face what's coming is OK with me. GliderGuider Oct 2015 #5

But... Duppers Oct 2015 #6

No, it's just the excuse we use. GliderGuider Oct 2015 #7

Wow. Duppers Oct 2015 #8

It's hard to understand, isn't it? GliderGuider Oct 2015 #11

Understand? No, accept. There are two Duppers Oct 2015 #13

It's the nature of belief to defend itself against being exposed as a belief GliderGuider Oct 2015 #14

I posted an article that touched on animal weights a couple of weeks ago~ RiverLover Oct 2015 #9

I saw that. GliderGuider Oct 2015 #12

Why is it so hard to decide to undo the damage? GliderGuider Oct 2015 #10

Your estimate for the present day weight of cattle is about twice that of Vaclav Smil's muriel_volestrangler Oct 2015 #15

My technique GliderGuider Oct 2015 #16

The Wikipedia page seems to be about European and American breeds muriel_volestrangler Oct 2015 #17

Well, Smil now has my data in his hands. We'll see what he says. GliderGuider Oct 2015 #18