[kerrigan]

ST Forum Letter http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BFor...ry_224857.html

I think he has a point .. we should and we CAN reduce our meat consumption. If we just reduce by one day - just one day in a week without meat .. we can go a long way towards meeting this food shortage

Meat the culprit in food shortage

I REFER to Saturday's special report, 'Food shortage causes world eating disorder'. The current food shortage results from a complex combination of causes, and meat production is one of them.
Currently, we 6.6 billion humans eat more than 50 billion of our fellow land animals annually. These other animals consume more food than the entire human population, not to mention the inputs of water, pesticides and energy involved in meat production or the huge quantity of waste products, including greenhouse gases that these creatures produce during their unnatural and short lives.

Meat eating is indeed grossly wasteful of the crops we grow and of the resources required to grow those crops. For instance, more than 10kg of plant food is required to produce just 1kg of beef. Thus, a readily available way to address our current food shortage is to reduce our meat consumption or stop eating meat entirely. Of course, this would not address the chronic food shortage in poor countries that about 800 million of our fellow humans face due to poverty.

George Jacobs

President, Vegetarian Society (Singapore)

[speedog]

might be true but i still feel there is some bias-ness in the article.. cause the author is a vegetarian~ hahahaha...

[Ra|ne]

Yeah, I agree, it's not very objective since you will need vegetables to replace the meat that you do not consume, something not easily done..

Edit: I guess it applies more to active lifestyles.

[kerrigan]

Originally Posted by speedog

might be true but i still feel there is some bias-ness in the article.. cause the author is a vegetarian~ hahahaha...

what is claimed is confirmed true .. moreover the writer is only asking for a reduction not stop altogether

as a non vegetarian i am saying we can and should help ourselves ...

[cho09]

zomg this george jacobs was my tutor in NIE @_@ i knew he was in the vegan society but i didnt know he was that active lol

[speedog]

Originally Posted by kerrigan

what is claimed is confirmed true .. moreover the writer is only asking for a reduction not stop altogether

as a non vegetarian i am saying we can and should help ourselves ...

if i read the sentence correctly, he did mentioned to stop eatin meat altogether... XD

"Thus, a readily available way to address our current food shortage is to reduce our meat consumption or stop eating meat entirely"

[cho09]

either or

[videofusion]

Originally Posted by speedog

if i read the sentence correctly, he did mentioned to stop eatin meat altogether... XD

"Thus, a readily available way to address our current food shortage is to reduce our meat consumption or stop eating meat entirely"

no roti bakso for u

[weib]

load of bullcrap.

When theres a hike we buy tend to buy things in bulks to later realize that we don't need it then it spoils and we throw it away.
Just because plants can be genetically modified for bigger yield that we should jepodize our health by cutting off essential fats and proteins.

Author has shit for brains and obviously myopic.
Just because you can do it, that you should do it.

[speedog]

Originally Posted by videofusion

no roti bakso for u

gua mau~~~~~ =((

[kerrigan]

Originally Posted by speedog

if i read the sentence correctly, he did mentioned to stop eatin meat altogether... XD

"Thus, a readily available way to address our current food shortage is to reduce our meat consumption or stop eating meat entirely"

he used "or" - obviously as a vegetarian he hopes for "stop entirely"

but his arguments for reducing meat consumption is very sound. that's what prompts me to support this ..

[kerrigan]

Originally Posted by weib

load of bullcrap.

When theres a hike we buy tend to buy things in bulks to later realize that we don't need it then it spoils and we throw it away.
Just because plants can be genetically modified for bigger yield that we should jepodize our health by cutting off essential fats and proteins.

Author has shit for brains and obviously myopic.
Just because you can do it, that you should do it.

personal attacks such as what you have spouted are not welcome. i am wondering who is the load of *******