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From: Jonathan Ball <jonb...@whitehouse.not>
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Rat & Swan wrote:

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> ta wrote:
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>> Rat & Swan <lab...@cybermesa.com> wrote in message 
>> news:<btph59$phk$1@reader2.nmix.net>...
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>>> ta wrote:
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>>>> from the face of the earth tommorrow and all of the land used for 
>>>> animal
>>>> production was to be used for non-animal food production, what would 
>>>> be the
>>>> short and long-term economic, ecological, and social consequences 
>>>> (both good
>>>> and bad)? Has anyone studied this possibility and published it?
> 
> 
> ...Ecology is always a tricky subject

It completely flummoxes YOU.  You don't know anything 
about it, and don't care to learn.


> Again, reducing human population would be critical to success.
> I think we should consider that we could do much more in terms of
> re-creating more of a gathering culture than we have now.
> There is no reason why humans couldn't harvest foods from wild
> areas

There is no valid reason you can't get your fat ass the 
hell out of trendy urban areas and into the wild areas 
RIGHT NOW.