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http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/02/06/1109936109

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nothing you don't already know but another presentation, never hurts to be reminded

[numinertyuesk]

Interesting that India puts a massive amount of water into cereals and hardly any into meat, while the USA puts a massive amount into meat and small amount into cereals.

[OGOGOogoloshennya]

The USA puts massive amount of cereals into meat so perhaps the US figure is misleading. I find it ironic that Japan, which has abundant water imports so much virtual water from desert countries like Australia.

[numinertyuesk]

The USA puts massive amount of cereals into meat so perhaps the US figure is misleading.

Yes, it's not just water that the livestock drinks, mostly water used to grow stockfeed. Personally I think overconsumption of meat is the biggest environmental problem the world faces. We lay waste to vast acreages of land to graze stock or grow feed.

[OGOGOogoloshennya]

Yes, it's not just water that the livestock drinks, mostly water used to grow stockfeed. Personally I think overconsumption of meat is the biggest environmental problem the world faces. We lay waste to vast acreages of land to graze stock or grow feed.

I can recommend a good book. The Vegetarian Myth by Lierre Keith.

http://lierrekeith.com/vegmyth.htm

As a former vegan she puts a very interesting point of view about how the demand for vegetarian foods may in fact be doing more environmental damage than the consumption of meats.

As a farmer I can assure you that a lot of meat production practices are very bad for the environment but blanket statements about meat being evil are simplistic and not true.

[numinertyuesk]

I don't advocate vegetarianism, but the fact remains that most of the cereal grown in western countries is fed to animals. I suspect that a lot of cereal grown in China and India is exported as stock feed, which would make that chart worse than it looks. It's fine to eat some meat, but most of our diet should be based on vegetable matter, it's healthier that way and better for the environment.