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Originally Posted by Nex  Everybody needs to understand, that eating meat happens to be part of our biology. Nobody goes out criticizing lions for eating antilopes... |
There's actually quite a bit of proof out there that our bodies handle meat very poorly compared to lions. Just for example, our intestines are much longer than carnivores on a relative scale, because we evolved eating things that didn't have a lot of acidity like fruits and vegetables and grains. Lions have to have relatively short intestines because the longer the meat is in it, the more the acid will damage it's intestines.
Humans can handle eating meat, no question of that - but it's kind of like an emergency feature, not really designed as a long-term nutritional plan.
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Originally Posted by Nex As of now all of these investigations fall in pseudo-science, if you disagree with me, that's ok, but post links to these "investigations", cause all of the attempts so far made to disprove man-made global warming have only made it a stronger theory... |
Evidence for Strengthening of the Tropical General Circulation in the 1990s Evidence for Large Decadal Variability in the Tropical Mean Radiative Energy Budget
- From Science magazine. You can register for a free account to view the full article.
Also, if you've got 30 minutes to spare, here's a TEDtalks video of Chemist Kary Mullis on science and global warming that you may enjoy watching. He references the two papers linked above. I was very entertained by the presentation.
Kary Mullis on what scientists do
On the website for
The Great Global Warming Swindle, there are lists of articles and papers ostensibly supporting their assertions, but i have not read them so cannot vouch for their validity or relevance.
This is by no means an exhaustive list of sources, just a couple i thought I'd toss in.
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Originally Posted by Nex Does this whole tale of having your own farm sound too crazy? |
What is the balance between high technology/efficiency involved in establishing and maintaining crops versus transportation/distribution costs in terms of energy expenditure? If you go from large kind of centralized farms toward smaller and more widespread/localized farms/gardens, what is the balance between the cost of maintenance (wherein larger farms can maintain relatively scaled higher yields through technological means) versus the cost of distribution (wherein more numerous localized farms/gardens can distribute with relatively scaled less energy expenditure)?
I ask this in terms of energy efficiency, not co2 emissions. I'm still not convinced that co2 causes global warming. Not saying it doesn't, just that i haven't yet seen proof.