約翰.羅彬斯的答覆:
我想在下一個世紀,素食主義將會有所成長,因為它是如此的有效率。我們將看到在那個時候,會有飲水短缺與食物短缺的問題。相較於一個等量的資源(土地、飲水、能量、勞力---製造食物所需的所有必須因素)所能養活的肉食者人數,少於你能養活的素食者人數。飼養場裡要讓牛增加一磅的肉,需要用到16磅的穀物。然而製作一磅的麵包或米,僅需一磅的穀物。
Patric,
I think that in the next century,
vegetarianism will grow because it is so much
more efficient. We are going to see increasing
water shortages, and food shortages. You can feed
many more people a vegetarian diet with the same
amount of food resources (land, water, energy,
human labor --- all the inputs that make food
production possible), compared to the amount of
people you can feed a meat based diet using the
same amount of resources. It takes sixteen pounds
of grain to make a single pound of feedlot beef.
It takes only one pound of grain to make a pound
of bread, or rice.
I wish your efforts all the best,
and yes, you can translate what I've written and
put it on your website.
Thanks,
John |