Or, you could let ruminants eat their natural food (grasses and other vegetation) and then kill it after it's been a great lawnmower and soil improver for an adequate amount of time, say 1500 lbs worth of time.
Actually, most of the animal is edible. Other than the outer covering and the hard skeletal part, it is all good, and as mentioned before, delicious. The long bones are especially nutritious once you crack them and extract the gooey greasy insides. As for cooking them, that is very much optional, yes, even for humans. For a civilized example, see beef tartar, sushi, sashimi. Insects too are animals and they are quite nutritious though arguably less delicious.
Yeah, because grains have zero environmental footprint, what with the tractors, industrial fertilizers, pesticides, fuel to transport across vast distances...
Really? Long test impacts on the human race and how they impact epigenetics (ie gene expression)? In a system as varied as that of life itself, do you really think that we can understand the potential impacts of introducing trans-species genes enough to reliably judge them safe? If you do, you must be a strong believer in the faith of science, maybe you believers should start a church. Look up how the fluoride which is used in fluoridation of water is sourced, hint, it has nothing to do with the trace element that comes from food sources. Most, is not all, and effectiveness depends on the large pharmaceutical company paying for and conducting the trials. They may not be very profitable per-dose but in aggregate they are. Besides being ineffective, they also come in carriers with varying degrees of toxicity. If vaccines were effective, the idiotic concept of herd immunity would be unimportant. You get vaccinated if you want, you'll be protected no need to worry about whether I am vaccinated or not. I will grant you that some vaccines are very effective though.
Or maybe some of us look at the science and decide that untested technologies (GMO's), dangerous residue from fertilizer production (water Fluoridation), and ineffective but profitable toxins injected into us (see MMR) are not something we favor. Science is not a religion though clearly some here on/. worship at its altar.
I agree with the other replies, and this: a small permaculture operation growing a variety of crops all at the same time in the same space can be vastly more productive than a commercial monocrop corporate "farm". Read the book "Eaarth:Making a Life on a Tough New Planet" for examples on how this is being done and what all is going wrong and other things like the new kind of infrastructure we'll need to build out.
Localized food and energy production are the answer. Sure, if you want to continue with hauling food across vast distances it requires tremendous energy but otherwise, not so. We can each grow a bit of food and reduce the load. But you're an AC so probably won't even read this.
Stop being so belligerent. You have an opportunity here to leanr and grow as a human being, don't deprive yourself of it for some foolish pride and obstinacy.
Hmm, so, you paid for your own education through high school? Didn't borrow money for college through a government program? Built your own roads? Supplied your own water, electricity, and gas without relying on the infrastructure placed there by the government? You have your own fire and police department? Presumably you are also not planning to draw on any social security benefits since that would imply benefiting from a program the government put in place. You are an awesomely independent 'Murican, and I salute you.
Maybe people need to form teams like the TV Show "Person Of Interest", one is the hacker/brain, the other is the muscle. One hacks, the other boosts... Profit!
Really? They are being paid? Are you really, truly, and seriously suggesting that terrorists are not idealists and instead are mercenaries for hire? This is indeed a novel notion that no one I've heard of has put forth before. Please provide some base for your statements as I cannot imagine what drove a person who can apparently put words together into sentences to come up with such ideas.
Yeah, except that criminalizing drugs was the first mistake. All arguments that take drugs being illegal as somehow morally superior as their foundation are flawed.
I and the national forests which are yet further away, and also incrementally driven further away as the forest rangers close down viable shooting spots due to assholes who have to treat everything as a dump.
When you mentioned assholes, were you referring to other gun owners there or random assholes hiking in the vicinity of these ad-hoc gun ranges?
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true that.
Brawndo's got what plants crave. It's got electrolytes
Or, you could let ruminants eat their natural food (grasses and other vegetation) and then kill it after it's been a great lawnmower and soil improver for an adequate amount of time, say 1500 lbs worth of time.
Actually, most of the animal is edible. Other than the outer covering and the hard skeletal part, it is all good, and as mentioned before, delicious. The long bones are especially nutritious once you crack them and extract the gooey greasy insides. As for cooking them, that is very much optional, yes, even for humans. For a civilized example, see beef tartar, sushi, sashimi. Insects too are animals and they are quite nutritious though arguably less delicious.
Yeah, because grains have zero environmental footprint, what with the tractors, industrial fertilizers, pesticides, fuel to transport across vast distances...
Bernie Sanders - He's worth voting for, actually his whole life narrative has been consistent and shows him to be someone worth voting for.
"clasdic", I like that word, I think it doesn't get enough use despite being loaded with meaning while being concise. Is that the proper spelling?
Like, totally amazing!
Mathematic!
Really? Long test impacts on the human race and how they impact epigenetics (ie gene expression)? In a system as varied as that of life itself, do you really think that we can understand the potential impacts of introducing trans-species genes enough to reliably judge them safe? If you do, you must be a strong believer in the faith of science, maybe you believers should start a church. Look up how the fluoride which is used in fluoridation of water is sourced, hint, it has nothing to do with the trace element that comes from food sources. Most, is not all, and effectiveness depends on the large pharmaceutical company paying for and conducting the trials. They may not be very profitable per-dose but in aggregate they are. Besides being ineffective, they also come in carriers with varying degrees of toxicity. If vaccines were effective, the idiotic concept of herd immunity would be unimportant. You get vaccinated if you want, you'll be protected no need to worry about whether I am vaccinated or not. I will grant you that some vaccines are very effective though.
The extra strength stupid pill you are referring to is also known as Fox "News".
Ignorance is bliss, I get it. Enjoy your happy simple life.
NC is 36th by education attainment
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
28 by some other metric
http://datacenter.kidscount.or...
8th here:
http://www.urban.org/urban-wir...
Here you go:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
well, that was a brave stand from an ac.
Or maybe some of us look at the science and decide that untested technologies (GMO's), dangerous residue from fertilizer production (water Fluoridation), and ineffective but profitable toxins injected into us (see MMR) are not something we favor. Science is not a religion though clearly some here on /. worship at its altar.
complete, utter bullshit
They already stopped being a competitor in the search engine business when they subbed the task out microsoft "bing!"
I agree with the other replies, and this: a small permaculture operation growing a variety of crops all at the same time in the same space can be vastly more productive than a commercial monocrop corporate "farm". Read the book "Eaarth:Making a Life on a Tough New Planet" for examples on how this is being done and what all is going wrong and other things like the new kind of infrastructure we'll need to build out.
Localized food and energy production are the answer. Sure, if you want to continue with hauling food across vast distances it requires tremendous energy but otherwise, not so. We can each grow a bit of food and reduce the load. But you're an AC so probably won't even read this.
Stop being so belligerent. You have an opportunity here to leanr and grow as a human being, don't deprive yourself of it for some foolish pride and obstinacy.
Hmm, so, you paid for your own education through high school? Didn't borrow money for college through a government program? Built your own roads? Supplied your own water, electricity, and gas without relying on the infrastructure placed there by the government? You have your own fire and police department? Presumably you are also not planning to draw on any social security benefits since that would imply benefiting from a program the government put in place. You are an awesomely independent 'Murican, and I salute you.
Maybe people need to form teams like the TV Show "Person Of Interest", one is the hacker/brain, the other is the muscle. One hacks, the other boosts... Profit!
Really? They are being paid? Are you really, truly, and seriously suggesting that terrorists are not idealists and instead are mercenaries for hire? This is indeed a novel notion that no one I've heard of has put forth before. Please provide some base for your statements as I cannot imagine what drove a person who can apparently put words together into sentences to come up with such ideas.
Yeah, except that criminalizing drugs was the first mistake. All arguments that take drugs being illegal as somehow morally superior as their foundation are flawed.
I and the national forests which are yet further away, and also incrementally driven further away as the forest rangers close down viable shooting spots due to assholes who have to treat everything as a dump.
When you mentioned assholes, were you referring to other gun owners there or random assholes hiking in the vicinity of these ad-hoc gun ranges?