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It is nice to see that some providers of meat do so in a very ethical sustainable way. It is also nice that we know that Gabriel has provided us with a fine vegetarian meal at his counter so we could participate in the atmosphere of his wonderful restaurant. My wife is a life long vegetarian, I occasionally eat some fish rarely anything else that has been "something elses mother" which is my wifes definition of what constitutes "meat".

I didn't used to be much of an ecologist, a conservationist, a recycler but my concern over the ability to sustain our planet, our food sources, our economy has changed my mind dramatically on this point of view.
In a similar fashion I read in the papers that the US kills 10 billion animals a year 15% of the worlds total, "we" eat 8 oz a day which is twice the global average. Two dishes each containing 320 calories, one vegetarian, one meat has the following comparisons.
The vegetarian 320 calories requires 0.0098 gallons of gasoline equivalent
The meat 320 calories requires 0.1587 gallons of gasoline 16 TIMES AS MUCH.

For those of us who want to concern ourselves with sustainability the continued use of meat as a primary source of nutrition WILL NOT WORK

Duane

posted 5 years, 3 months ago
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