I haven't read the book, but when I read the blurb on the back, my immediate question was how the author deals with all the plants that animals eat.
She seems to be cool with it. From the excerpts, it was hard to discern what her actual point was. She tries to say that agriculture harms the environment anyway, so it's not like it's the Morally Right thing to do, but she also brings in the Circle of Life, implying that vegetarians are against the natural order. Going against the grain, if you will.
She tries to say that agriculture harms the environment anyway, so it's not like it's the Morally Right thing to do, but she also brings in the Circle of Life, implying that vegetarians are against the natural order. Going against the grain, if you will.
Hmm. But the amount of meat that you can get from a cow is much less than the amount of grain the cow eats over its lifetime. So I'd still say that a vegetarian diet does less harm to the environment. (I have no idea why I'm arguing with a book I haven't read.)
My impression from the review was that she was saying that agriculture, particularly big agriculture monoculture, has wiped out far more species than meat eating ever could. It sounds like a book I must read, since that's an argument I've made for years.
Hawking on his health care [link]
Sounds like she should be arguing against big agriculture monoculture instead of arguing against vegetarianism. I doubt vegetarians have had enough of a market impact to be blamed for that.
My impression from the review was that she was saying that agriculture, particularly big agriculture monoculture, has wiped out far more species than meat eating ever could. It sounds like a book I must read, since that's an argument I've made for years.
But a huge amount of that big agriculture goes toward animal feed.
Skipping ahead for some homework help:
Top is to rotate as satellite is to spin? Or rotate?
I'm having a horrible day at work, and am quite cranky, but I have to laugh when people talk about any "natural" food chain. My response is: when you can kill an animal with your bare hands, you get to eat it. That's a "natural" food chain. Not targeted to anyone here (at all) since I respect others' food eating decisions.
You know, I have that high deductible plan, and it sucks. I don't put money in an FSA because I don't make that much, and my health insurance used to be free, with just a copay. I have been plagued by hip pain since November and I don't want to go to the doctor because I am pretty sure he wil have to do 800 million tests that I can't pay for to tell if it is my kidney, ovary, intestine, etc. I am pretty sure it is my back/hip, but the pain moves.
This was exactly my experience on the high deductable plan. Nice to have such a low per paycheck cost, but I found myself choosing not to seek medical attention for things when that really wasn't a great idea. Thankfully I didn't have anything major go wrong, and I was able to use HSA funds for dental work that wouldn't have been covered by my insurance, but I got right back on the traditional plan as soon as I could.
