Much of the world's massive hunger problems could be solved by the reduction or elimination of meat-eating. The reasons: 1) livestock pasture needs cut drastically into land which could otherwise be used to
grow food; 2) vast quantities of food which could feed humans is fed to livestock raised to produce meat.
This year alone, twenty million people worldwide will die as a result of malnutrition. One child dies of malnutrition every 2.3 seconds. One hundred million people could be adequately fed using the land freed if Americans reduced their intake of meat by a mere 10%.
Twenty percent of the corn grown in the U.S. is eaten by people. Eighty percent of the corn and 95% of the oats grown in the U.S. is eaten by livestock. The percentage of protein wasted by cycling grain through livestock is calculated by experts as 90%.
One acre of land can produce 40,000 pounds of potatoes, or 250 pounds of beef. Fifty-six percent of all U.S. farmland is devoted to beef production, and to produce each pound of beef requires 16 pounds of edible grain and soybeans, which could be used to feed the hungry.
I'll believe that what you said is true, but I won't believe that if I stop eating meat I'll save thousands of hungry children. The whole world will never be vegetarian.
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Or if the richest one % gave half a shit about anyone else...
That might help too.
But your ignoric politics, If we gave up eating all meat and grew crops instead would it sove world hunger? No! WE have excess food now and we still don't give it away. What makes you think we'd do it then?
See, world hunger could be done away with...But because many don't care, or because of politics..it won't happen...Who should be point our finger at???
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Well....it would of course be a very nice utopia if all people live in peae and no one needs to fear hunger...but with current politics it is not possible...although there would techniacally be the possibility (even without baning meat)
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THere is no fault.... we didn't even choose how many people we want ....and whatever since WE don't care (except for some people that think not eating meat will change everythign )
I'm not trying to take your burger from you...Just, that that article makes since..There are things that can be done and this is just ONE example, of course.
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Well you see maybe we don't nwant to do anything....the US has a surplus of crops that could possibly save a lot of humans but they don't giuve it away......for several reasons....but why do you want to do away with world hunger anyways...whats your reasons?
I disagree in some szenarios there could be a possibility of no world hunger
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Sounds convincing to me. I'd give up eating meat to feed more people, but it would have to be everyone giving up meat and not just a couple people choosing to be vegetarian.
But it would definitely take a lot of fun out of eating.
The fact that people are hungry is true. The Possibility that anyone could do anything about it is bull. If people would get a work ethic in America they wouldn't be hungry. Now in other countries it's the governments fault. China for example won't except our help, they barely allow any foreigners into their country period.
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If people lets say only ate meat only once a day, the cattle farmers would have downsize their meat production. The land wouldn't stay vacant. They would have to find another crop to grow.
Bardock and why would I want to get rid of world hunger??? Why Not!
Maybe I have a god complex...
We're not talking about people in America and China, we're talking about the 40,000 some people who die of hunger every day in sub-Saharan Africa and etc.
You tell me that I make no difference... At least I'm ****ing trying, what the **** have YOU done?!
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