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Andrew Shelley <[log in to unmask]>
Sat, 14 Aug 2004 11:50:44 +0100
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> life is a gift , babies , trees etc don't have to struggle to grow,

If only those one million people in Sudan, who are currently starving to
death, would just stop struggling ........

> they  need to eat what is appropriate for their species

Like energy.

> do you know that the sun energy received by one square meter of earth is
> enough to sustain the caloric needs of a human being for the year .?

Quite possibly. But we are completely incapable of extracting it, due to the
conversion inefficiency. Depending on the terrain, it may take several square
miles to support one human for a year.

> since when cooking add calories to the food .?

It doesn't add calories to food. It enables you to eat things you can't eat
raw.

> you will learn between many other phenomenon that animals regulate their
>population before they actually get deprived of foods .

Food supply is always the limiting factor.

> Is it truelly an advantage for the species ( and the
> other species by the way )that human overpopulate the earth , survive and
> by pass all the  systems of regulating  population and harmonising the food
> web ?

Depends on the final outcome, as yet unknown.

>with your reasonning domestication of grains and animals or
> industrial production of foods  have a tremendous survival advantage for
> our species

Yes. Although it may not be good for the individual.

>and it will be foolish to ignore it by going back to the very
> ineficient way of hunter gatherers  ( that can only sustain a small
> population )

Abolishing farming would mean abolishing most of the six billion humans on the
planet. How does that fit in with your holistic approach ?

> how do you know? have you ever eaten raw to compare .?

I eat raw as often as I can, although most of the commercially produced meat I
have available to me I have to cook.

> even if  for doing so you have to hold on tight on your arogance .?

You'd rather die than be arrogant ? I find this hard to believe.

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