tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685698485860402737.post2075370419983778672..comments2023-07-03T10:34:14.805-05:00Comments on Zombie Jesus: PhilosophyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685698485860402737.post-30940571224764206752004-07-15T22:20:00.000-05:002004-07-15T22:20:00.000-05:00Yeah, that's sort of what I was getting at. E...Yeah, that's sort of what I was getting at. Even on a basic level, to use meat as an example again, a cow eats 9 pounds of grain for every 1 pound of beef we eat... imagine how that grain could be better used if there weren't ten billion cows eating it to feed people.Ryan McReynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11333879625502795277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685698485860402737.post-39386194314316445662004-07-15T19:19:00.000-05:002004-07-15T19:19:00.000-05:00Nice post.It's a real great way to look at thi...Nice post.<br><br>It's a real great way to look at things. It kind of reminds me of this thing that I think about sometimes. It's with regards to spending habits mainly (though obviously it could be applied to other things like eating meat).<br><br>Basically it was looking at the environmental "cost" of all items consumed. Even small things.<br><br>If I buy a Snickers bar, I may pay 79 cents or something. But when I consider the environmental cost of that snickers bar, I have to take into consideration the plastic wrapper that will end up in a landfill, as well as all the fuel burned to both make the junk food <i>and</i> the fuel burned to get the candy bar to the store.<br><br>Many in the environmental movement call this "eating energy". I am not sure the exact formula, but I heard a speaker on KPFT talking about this concept. He said something like: for every 1 unti of energy you consume from food, you are consuming 10 units of energy from the environment. I wish I remember exactly how he phrased it, but basically it was saying that it takes so much more energy to produce the food than people take in.<br><br>Anyway, I don't know what I'm saying, but I'm saying it loud, so there.Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07968644402229930001noreply@blogger.com