Rantings to stop eating Free Range eggs~ please respond !

[chickened]

You guys are chatting !
I have a hard time keeping up but love all the various insights !
I want to ask now, each of you, seriously think on what Catherine's IDEAL planet earth would be like as if she could wave her hand & make it so ?

All humans eating plants, no eggs, milk, cheese.......no maure to use as fertilizers...............keep this going.
I want to see if we can SEE what SHE SEES and is it even slightly attainable to have such an place as she would wish for ?
No animals, horses, cows, pigs, dogs & cats.............would animals thus run rampant & wild, uncared for?
Thus diseased & wormy ? Starving ? Hit & dead on highways for running loose & uncared for ?

You get my point, let's see what you all think her perfect world would be..........................

Smurf village.

 

[hemet dennis]

No good for fertilizer. "Just sayin'".

Yes it is.

http://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/human-waste-zmgz11zrog.aspx

 

[sourland]

Yes it is.

http://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/human-waste-zmgz11zrog.aspx

The 'manure' most create comes out as vocalizations or keyboard creation - absolutley of no use as fertilizer. That was my inference. Sorry for the lack of clarity.

 

[hemet dennis]

The 'manure' most create comes out as vocalizations or keyboard creation - absolutley of no use as fertilizer. That was my inference. Sorry for the lack of clarity.

So true.

But human waste is a resource that is truly wasted.

 

[ladyrsanti]

Most of earth's usable land would now be used for legume crops to make up for the loss of protein from animals. They would use chemical fertilizers. More chemicals in the watersheds equals more pollution. Land used for pasture would be turned into soybeans as well as many forested areas. Clear-cutting would destroy much of the earth's remaining forests, causing hundreds if not thousands of species to go extinct. There would be less crop rotation as there would be less demand for rotation crops such as feed corn. The soil quality would go WAY down. The nutritious value of our foods would suffer as a result and the prices would soar. GMO's would be absolutely necessary to sustain the population and large farm operations would likely dominate the global economy. Demand for food variety would increase due to the phasing out of unethical varieties and practices. Sugar comes to mind. Vegans don't eat the majority of white sugars because it is filtered through bone char. So limited exotic imports like blue agave and raw cane sugar would be expensive. Sweets would be rare and pricy. There would be an increase in cotton and bamboo manufacture (with the necessary space and chemicals) and synthetic fabrics as well to fill the gap of wool and leather. Oil production would therefore go up to meet the demand of synthetics of all kinds.

*Widespread famine would occur in desert regions that cannot grow crops or keep domesticated animals. No camels or goats (the most eaten meat in the world) for food would spell disaster for much of the arid world. Bumper crops and crop failures would likely cause international discourse, possibly war.

*Healthcare would suffer as no lab testing on rats or mice would be permitted so drugs would have to be tested on the population or in theory. But by this time, there would probably not be much of a population to save.

In theory, all of the domesticated animals as we know them would eventually go extinct. There may be some stray populations that are wild and dangerous, such as packs of feral dogs and pigs but the authorities would be on it, capturing them and sending them to the remaining sanctuaries to live out their days in relative confinement. Except those who opposed the vegan regime. They would secretly keep small herds of cattle and pigs and sell them on the black market... like in the Hunger Games.

I'm sure there's a lot more global impacts but that's what I imagine would happen.

 

[Kevin565]

Nice to meetcha!

Edited to add: I'm glad to hear you feed your pet responsibly. It was in the news a while ago that some vegans were feeding their carnivorous pets a vegan diet and worry about the health of those animals. My cousin did the responsible thing (I give her this much) and gave her cat away.

Nice to meet you as well! Yes I heard about that and couldn't imagine ever making my animals give up their natural diet due to my own views. If a species is a carnivore it should be given a proper carnivorous diet.

I guess a vegan cannot own a reptile then.

Why not? I would love to adopt a reptile. I've always had a passion for snakes and one day will probably keep a few.

 

[Chickielady]

What would SHE think of this culture practice ?

http://api.viglink.com/api/click?fo...gs-in-china/&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_13414413723431


***********Edited to add: I am so glad the eggs were Organic !*************

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

What would SHE think of this culture practice ?

http://api.viglink.com/api/click?fo...gs-in-china/&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_13414413723431


***********Edited to add: I am so glad the eggs were Organic !*************

Um.....

 

[Chickielady]

Most of earth's usable land would now be used for legume crops to make up for the loss of protein from animals. They would use chemical fertilizers. More chemicals in the watersheds equals more pollution. Land used for pasture would be turned into soybeans as well as many forested areas. Clear-cutting would destroy much of the earth's remaining forests, causing hundreds if not thousands of species to go extinct. There would be less crop rotation as there would be less demand for rotation crops such as feed corn. The soil quality would go WAY down. The nutritious value of our foods would suffer as a result and the prices would soar. GMO's would be absolutely necessary to sustain the population and large farm operations would likely dominate the global economy. Demand for food variety would increase due to the phasing out of unethical varieties and practices. Sugar comes to mind. Vegans don't eat the majority of white sugars because it is filtered through bone char. So limited exotic imports like blue agave and raw cane sugar would be expensive. Sweets would be rare and pricy. There would be an increase in cotton and bamboo manufacture (with the necessary space and chemicals) and synthetic fabrics as well to fill the gap of wool and leather. Oil production would therefore go up to meet the demand of synthetics of all kinds.

*Widespread famine would occur in desert regions that cannot grow crops or keep domesticated animals. No camels or goats (the most eaten meat in the world) for food would spell disaster for much of the arid world. Bumper crops and crop failures would likely cause international discourse, possibly war.

*Healthcare would suffer as no lab testing on rats or mice would be permitted so drugs would have to be tested on the population or in theory. But by this time, there would probably not be much of a population to save.

In theory, all of the domesticated animals as we know them would eventually go extinct. There may be some stray populations that are wild and dangerous, such as packs of feral dogs and pigs but the authorities would be on it, capturing them and sending them to the remaining sanctuaries to live out their days in relative confinement. Except those who opposed the vegan regime. They would secretly keep small herds of cattle and pigs and sell them on the black market... like in the Hunger Games.

I'm sure there's a lot more global impacts but that's what I imagine would happen.

Excellent post !
Also imagine the seasons now..............in winter so many would starve......unless widespread MEGA importation of vegetables is done, that said, shipped after early picking would greatly reduce the nourishment therin, and after several decades there would be such widespread drought, water shortage and soil death due to no fertilization practices.....the earth as a dust bowl.

This Earth exists as it does due to balance, between animals, humans, seasons & rainfall to name a few.
Going extreme in any direction would tip the earth's balance badly.

 

[duckinnut]

Some people put out a lot of manure.

And solids not part of it.