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> If all the 6 billion inhabitants of Earth became zero-carb eaters would we
> have
> the land or the resources to feed these people?

I doubt it, but I'm no expert.  But human population growth is as
unsustainable on agricultural foods as it is on paleo foods.  The only
difference is that on paleo foods we arrive at the Malthusian crisis point
sooner; with agriculture we're not quite there yet.

> Also, someone made an argument that vegetation seemed to have the same
> "value" as an animal. Sorry, but I can't equate a carrot to a cow and I
> don't
> believe most people think like that.

I think the point that person made was that whether you eat a carrot or a
cow, you must kill what you eat.  You cannot sustain your own life without
killing other organisms.  I don't think that's controversial.  But I take
it that your point is that you find killing carrots less morally
problematic than killing cows.  Can you explain what you find morally
problematic about killing cows?

Todd Moody

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