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  Something else that is interesting on this topic is The China Study. It was extremely extensive, but I'll let you do the reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_China_Study It's available in book form, which I'm sure is a long but interesting read, but I've never sat down with it.On Corn-based meat and ethanol: burning the planet to a crisp posted 1 week, 4 days ago 85 Responses

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  MKR, While I don't see how the typos can be helpful in any way, I don't think they completely detract from the entire meaning or base of the argument, as Bush's mess ups did.On Corn-based meat and ethanol: burning the planet to a crisp posted 1 week, 4 days ago 85 Responses

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  Again, you have ignored the sources of the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This is getting old.On Corn-based meat and ethanol: burning the planet to a crisp posted 1 week, 4 days ago 85 Responses

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  FP... Wow? Perhaps you missed the MIT, FAO, and NY Times material? No crap (that is not the word I wanted to use) there are 2 sides to every story... Which is why I provided multiple sources. Seriously, you asked for sources and I gave plenty... despite the fact that you can use Google just as well as me.On Corn-based meat and ethanol: burning the planet to a crisp posted 1 week, 4 days ago 85 Responses

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  Most dairy cows are kept in CAFOS. If the EPA tells you about it (which is a "neutral" source) one can only imagine what you'd dig up if you were really looking. http://www.epa.gov/region7/water/cafo/index.htm This gives the definition of an AFO and a CAFO (see the .PDF). A large CAFO can have 700+ dairy cows. The picture on the front page is a CAFO and I'm pretty certain those are Holsteins (though I'm no expert at cow breeds), but those are dairy cows. And of course they have to be confined-- if they roamed pasture all day, they couldn't take the calves from the mother within 24 hours of birth. Then the male calves get fattened up for a little bit and become veal. It's all about profit, and you can't make quite as much if you have all your cows out grazin' all the time.On Corn-based meat and ethanol: burning the planet to a crisp posted 1 week, 5 days ago 85 Responses