Eat meat, stay happy.

[pickettt]

Originally Posted by CamSLC

Everything in moderation... Except vegetables. Eat more vegetables.

Considering the current population growth rate. Adding a net of 1.5mm people per week. Farming, agriculture, and also fresh water will continue to be a rarer luxury. The argument of sustainability is very real.

So we can land a spacecraft on an asteroid 3.2 billion (with a B) kilometers away, but we can't desalinate water, which purported covers 3/4 of the Earths surface. Someone is lying, cheating, stealing or any combination of the three. The only argument is about CHOOSING to sustain or not.

[77T]

Originally Posted by pickettt

So we can land a spacecraft on an asteroid 3.2 billion (with a B) kilometers away, but we can't desalinate water, which purported covers 3/4 of the Earths surface.

Not sure if you knew this but many Navy bases have successfully implemented desalinization plants. Economics isn’t sound currently but it’s done at a lower cost than space exploration.


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[CamSLC]

Originally Posted by pickettt

So we can land a spacecraft on an asteroid 3.2 billion (with a B) kilometers away, but we can't desalinate water, which purported covers 3/4 of the Earths surface. Someone is lying, cheating, stealing or any combination of the three. The only argument is about CHOOSING to sustain or not.

I'm all for it However, 10% of the world currently doesn't have access to clean water, and I would assume they're lacking some power in this choice. I'm not creating a doom and gloom theory and I understand this issue probably isn't going to affect anyone here in our lifetimes. Sorry to take this off topic.

[rolexpatek363]

Apologies, it was me that took it OT, but I feel it's a very important issue.

FWIW I was on holiday in Malta this summer, and all the running water on the island is desalinated seawater. Tastes a little weird, but you get used to it. I assume it takes energy to desalinate.

[pickettt]

Originally Posted by 77T

Not sure if you knew this but many Navy bases have successfully implemented desalinization plants. Economics isn’t sound currently but it’s done at a lower cost than space exploration.


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Originally Posted by CamSLC

I'm all for it However, 10% of the world currently doesn't have access to clean water, and I would assume they're lacking some power in this choice. I'm not creating a doom and gloom theory and I understand this issue probably isn't going to affect anyone here in our lifetimes. Sorry to take this off topic.

I was being a little facetious, in that of course we can desalinate water if we choose to. And it's INFINITELY more useful than space exploration. Sustainability is up to the powers that be.

[Abdullah71601]

Originally Posted by CamSLC

Everything in moderation... Except vegetables. Eat more vegetables.

Considering the current population growth rate. Adding a net of 1.5mm people per week. Farming, agriculture, and also fresh water will continue to be a rarer luxury. The argument of sustainability is very real.

Agreed. I'm working a project now to save 70 million gallons of water per year at one of our facilities. About a small town's annual consumption.

Water conservation is a real issue. Water purification works great, but it's very energy intensive. As energy prices rise, communities on the fiscal edge will not be able to purify water. Which, will cause a cascade of health and other problems in the community.

[landroverking]

I eat mostly wild game.

[SDRider]

Originally Posted by brandrea

Moderation. I love my meat and vegetables.

Same here. I eat a lot of chicken and fish during the week but I love a good steak every once in a while. I like a good veggie burger though too.

I found that cutting carbs was the best thing for my health.

[brandrea]

Originally Posted by SDRider

Same here. I eat a lot of chicken and fish during the week but I love a good steak every once in a while. I like a good veggie burger though too.

I found that cutting carbs was the best thing for my health.

carbs and sugar

I admit to not being able to stay away from a good dessert every now and then ...

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[Abdullah71601]

Originally Posted by brandrea

carbs and sugar

I admit to not being able to stay away from a good dessert every now and then ...

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Ice cream is meat isn't it? It comes from a cow and can be turned into veal.

[SearChart]

Originally Posted by brandrea

carbs and sugar

I admit to not being able to stay away from a good dessert every now and then ...

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I'm a pig, I can't cut out anything. It will probably get to me if the running doesn't kill me first

[brandrea]

Originally Posted by Abdullah71601

Ice cream is meat isn't it? It comes from a cow and can be turned into veal.

I like how you think

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[77T]

Originally Posted by Abdullah71601

Agreed. I'm working a project now to save 70 million gallons of water per year at one of our facilities. About a small town's annual consumption.



Water conservation is a real issue. Water purification works great, but it's very energy intensive. As energy prices rise, communities on the fiscal edge will not be able to purify water. Which, will cause a cascade of health and other problems in the community.

That is a great contribution to conserving water.

Without political implications, even fiscally sound communities shy away from “invisible” projects that improve a resource that taxpayers take for granted.

Clean air and clean water are tablestakes for our continued life on the planet.


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[austinp]

I'm enjoying this discussion, especially the poker terms. Rake, implied odds and table stakes.....

[mirror]

I’m a proud vegan 🌱

[Roll the Lex]

Originally Posted by mirror

I’m a proud vegan

My wife is vegan who wanted me to be vegan.

So now I’m a proud vegan who loves his steaks medium rare.



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[Rootbeer]

Been vegetarian for nigh on 30 years. Have been both a healthy one and a pretty unhealthy one. Chips beer chocolate and cigarettes were a vegetarian way of life for many years.

Not a political choice for me, just something I naturally gravitated towards and works for me. Wife and son are not veggie, nor would I want them to be.

Occasionally I try and balance all the good my vegetarianism does for animals by kicking a squirrel or shouting at livestock.

As with everything it’s a supply and demand issue. I think it’s more important that people have access to good quality food rather than worry about whether or not it includes meat. Ate horse once (not a whole one) and it was delicious.

[rolexpatek363]

Originally Posted by Rootbeer

Been vegetarian for nigh on 30 years. Have been both a healthy one and a pretty unhealthy one. Chips beer chocolate and cigarettes were a vegetarian way of life for many years.

Not a political choice for me, just something I naturally gravitated towards and works for me. Wife and son are not veggie, nor would I want them to be.

Occasionally I try and balance all the good my vegetarianism does for animals by kicking a squirrel or shouting at livestock.

As with everything it’s a supply and demand issue. I think it’s more important that people have access to good quality food rather than worry about whether or not it includes meat. Ate horse once (not a whole one) and it was delicious.

LOL, great post.

I've eaten horse a few times as well, when I was a kid in France. I seem to remember it's pretty good.

[bayerische]

Originally Posted by rolexpatek363

LOL, great post.

I've eaten horse a few times as well, when I was a kid in France. I seem to remember it's pretty good.

Horse is extremely good.

[SearChart]

Originally Posted by bayerische

Horse is extremely good.

Yep!
We eat it regularly, I love it smoked on a sandwich or in a slow cooking meat stew.

[tyler1980]

Originally Posted by Tony64

A recent study suggests vegetarianism may be linked to depression.

In fairness, it also states : "Given that the study was quite small, and will need to be repeated in a much larger sample of both men and women, it’s hard to draw any real conclusions."

Still, food for thought.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.for...-suggests/amp/

haven't eaten meat in 7 years. As healthy as i have been since i was a college athlete. Being fat leads to depression

If you dont enjoy what you are eating no matter what it is, then yes, its a total drag. I happen to really enjoy my food choices though.

[AK797]

Originally Posted by mirror

I’m a proud vegan ��

That's like a quiet vegan, is there another kind?

[Chadridv]

Originally Posted by Houstongator

Becoming a vegetarian is a missed steak.

Originally Posted by rolex75216

I would make a Veggie joke but no one would CARROT all!

Originally Posted by Abdullah71601

I eat vegetarian animals- best of both worlds.

You guys are crackin me up.

[500lbman]

Farming/vegetarian arguments aside, I firmly believe a gathering of people from all walks of life around a feast of BBQ could lead to world peace.




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[Chiboy]

I could easily (well, it wouldn't absolutely kill me) give up meat, but not fish or poultry. We do eat way too many carbs, I'm sure.

[bronzeband00]

vegan or not, i think we all have our thoughts and perceptions of how we act from what we eat. For me am no vegan but i can still be depressed when am moodly swung in.