Re: OT - Re: Program templates as Object Classes

From: Richard (riplin_at_Azonic.co.nz)
Date: 12/08/04 

Date: 7 Dec 2004 18:58:12 -0800

>>> One third of energy consumed in the US is used to produce meat.
>> That seems to be another of your tin-foil hat theories.

>>all of 'industrial' is around one third (a bit more), all of
>>transportation is around 'one third' (a bit less).

> Agriculture is the major component in industrial.

Here is an actual figure for agriculture:

"""Few people realize that an enormous amount of energy is required to
produce our food. In fact, 17% of all fossil fuel used in the U.S. is
consumed by the food production system.4
...
Large amounts of fossil fuel are required to power heavy farming
machinery, to process foods, to refrigerate foods during
transportation, to produce packaging materials, and to manufacture and
transport chemical inputs such as fertilizers and pesticides."""

So actual statistics report that 17% is used for _ALL_ food production,
including transport and packaging, versus your claim that _twice_ that
amount is used to produce a part of that food.

4. Horrigan, Leo, Robert S. Lawrence, and Polly Walker. "How
Sustainable Agriculture Can Address the Environmental and Human Health
Harms of Industrial Agriculture." Environmental Health Perspectives Vol
110, 5 May 2002.

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