tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176401397578046201.post8770752589279499718..comments2023-10-14T09:10:23.568-07:00Comments on Vegan School 101: Melting Pot in HellWarwakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07861012003900884034noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176401397578046201.post-42896508260288276232008-12-03T11:55:00.000-08:002008-12-03T11:55:00.000-08:00exactlyUser of more than half of all water used fo...exactly<BR/>User of more than half of all water used for all purposes in the United States: Livestock production<BR/>Quantity of water used in the production of the average cow: sufficient to float a destroyer<BR/>Water needed to produce 1 pound of wheat: 25 gallons<BR/>Water needed to produce 1 pound of meat: 2,500 gallons<BR/><BR/>Cost of common hamburger meat if water used by meat industry was not subsidized by U.S. taxpayers: $35/pound<BR/>Current cost for pound of protein from wheat: $1.50<BR/>Current cost for pound of protein from beefsteak: $15.40<BR/>Cost for pound of protein from beefsteak if U.S. taxpayers ceased subsidizing meat industry's use of water: $89Warwakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07861012003900884034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176401397578046201.post-36340556748265456622008-12-03T05:51:00.000-08:002008-12-03T05:51:00.000-08:00Absolutely - If American's had to pay what their *...Absolutely - If American's had to pay what their *meat* really costs to produce (minus the Federal contracts, the "check-off" money, the illegals and the "councils" - and all the favors granted by the EPA as well) - meat (and life) would not be "cheap" at all.Bea Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13981537551810309024noreply@blogger.com