Average age of slaughter for cattle is 18 to 24 months depending on who you ask (http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_best_age_for_beef_slaughter?#slide=2), and the average consumption of water for dry cattle is 38 L/day (http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/engineer/facts/07-023.htm#2). Take the maximum of 24 months you get: 38 L x 365 days in a year x 2 = 27,740 litres. Which is approx. 7,328 gallons. 1 ton is approx. 2,000 pounds...average weight for cattle at slaughter is around 1,400 pounds (http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_slaughter_weight_for_a_cow?#slide=6), so that would be 7,328 gallons x 2 = 14,626 gallons of water.
The article says it takes 145,000 gallons of water. I'd like to see the author's source material.
But either way, it's nice to see that the author is not pushing his vegan agenda (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_E._McWilliams).
ISP's by law can do whatever they want to your site. It is after all their computer...But traditionally they've stayed away from editing the contents of a users homepage. Because if they set themselves up as an editor of their user's content then they become legally liable for the user's content. I.E. if I decide to create a web page on Half-Price Hosting (that was the name of the ISP right?) filled with child pornography then Half-Price can also now be taken to court by the gov't because they've already establlished themselves as an editor of user content by deleting mp3s. That's why ISPs don't USUALLY do that sort of thing...they stay out of more legal trouble that way...Does any of this make sense?
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Average age of slaughter for cattle is 18 to 24 months depending on who you ask (http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_best_age_for_beef_slaughter?#slide=2), and the average consumption of water for dry cattle is 38 L/day (http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/engineer/facts/07-023.htm#2). Take the maximum of 24 months you get: 38 L x 365 days in a year x 2 = 27,740 litres. Which is approx. 7,328 gallons. 1 ton is approx. 2,000 pounds...average weight for cattle at slaughter is around 1,400 pounds (http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_slaughter_weight_for_a_cow?#slide=6), so that would be 7,328 gallons x 2 = 14,626 gallons of water.
The article says it takes 145,000 gallons of water. I'd like to see the author's source material.
But either way, it's nice to see that the author is not pushing his vegan agenda (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_E._McWilliams).
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ISP's by law can do whatever they want to your site. It is after all their computer...But traditionally they've stayed away from editing the contents of a users homepage. Because if they set themselves up as an editor of their user's content then they become legally liable for the user's content. I.E. if I decide to create a web page on Half-Price Hosting (that was the name of the ISP right?) filled with child pornography then Half-Price can also now be taken to court by the gov't because they've already establlished themselves as an editor of user content by deleting mp3s. That's why ISPs don't USUALLY do that sort of thing...they stay out of more legal trouble that way...Does any of this make sense?