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axel:
>hi, kirt. i saved this message for later answering. i am busy right now,
>otherwise i would quote a zillon things for you, but i have read about this,
>i am not making it up. read for example "beyond beef", by jeremy rifkin
>(comprehensive analysis of the many impacts of animal husbandry in the past
>and currently), "waste of the west", by Lynn Jacobs (an AMAZING book,
>eventhough i do not live in the states, but the guy did an incredible
>research into all aspects of cattle ranching in the west of the united
>states). there are other things damaging in the earth, but if you have to
>single out a human activity, the worst is animal husbandry.
Perhaps you can explain these various levels and how damage
is done...?
Saying a couple guys did "research" and wrote pop books does't leave me any
wiser. Certainly not enough wiser to share such hyperbole as animal
husbandry is the worst human activity. Jeremy Rifkin, in particular, is not
known for carefully balanced intellectual positions.
Cheers,
Kirt
Secola /\ Nieft
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