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Comments on: The Carbon Cost of Meat http://sharpener.johnband.org/2007/06/the-carbon-cost-of-meat/ Trying to make a point Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:21:35 +0000 hourly 1 By: Snuffle http://sharpener.johnband.org/2007/06/the-carbon-cost-of-meat/#comment-58688 Sun, 10 Jun 2007 17:20:44 +0000 http://www.thesharpener.net/2007/06/06/the-carbon-cost-of-meat/#comment-58688 Hmm yes. Read Peter Singer’s ‘Eating’. Excellent.

Snuffy

]]> By: Merrick http://sharpener.johnband.org/2007/06/the-carbon-cost-of-meat/#comment-58673 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:04:59 +0000 http://www.thesharpener.net/2007/06/06/the-carbon-cost-of-meat/#comment-58673 G.Tingey, you seem think that I said humans didn’t evolve eating any meat. I didn’t say that. It would indeed be codswallop.

I said we evolved eating much less than we do now. The fact that cooking is, in evolutionary terms, a relatively recent development also points to it. Try eating more than a couple of mouthfuls of raw meat and you’ll see why.

This would also explain the omnivores dental layout. Raw plants are tougher. If you’re tearing roots and stems, you’re gonna need those incisors.

So, moving on from criticisms for saying the opposite of what I actually wrote to something I didn’t mention at all, domesticating an animal as food makes it more likely some of its offspring will survive. I’m not sure quite why that’s relevant.

I’m more interested in the survival of biodiversity and wild ecosystems, especially vast forest ones like the Amazon that have a key role to play in the survival of our own species.

Replacing the wildlife with cattle ranches and even greater acreage of cattle fodder plantations doesn’t make me feel all good just because it guarantees the continuation of domesticated cattle.

The fact that the deforestation and cattle ranching leads exacerbates climate change means the human health disaster of heavy meat consumption is starting to look like a survival issue for us.

]]> By: Larry Teabag http://sharpener.johnband.org/2007/06/the-carbon-cost-of-meat/#comment-58672 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 10:28:17 +0000 http://www.thesharpener.net/2007/06/06/the-carbon-cost-of-meat/#comment-58672 we need to eat small(ish) quantities of meat

Clearly this is untrue, since I am still alive.

]]> By: Rochenko http://sharpener.johnband.org/2007/06/the-carbon-cost-of-meat/#comment-58671 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 08:25:34 +0000 http://www.thesharpener.net/2007/06/06/the-carbon-cost-of-meat/#comment-58671 Erm, that’s exactly what Merrick said – eat less meat. Your point about survival is no more relevant: the problem the post addresses is the industrial production of meat monocultures. Slight difference in the means of production implied.

]]> By: G. Tingey http://sharpener.johnband.org/2007/06/the-carbon-cost-of-meat/#comment-58669 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 08:06:13 +0000 http://www.thesharpener.net/2007/06/06/the-carbon-cost-of-meat/#comment-58669 Complete codswallop!

Look at your teeth in a mirror.

We have evoloved to be omnivores.

So, we need to eat small(ish) quantities of meat, as well as vegetables.

Oh, and what’s the best way of ensuring the survival of an animal?
Make it a domesticated food species!

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