What's left to exploit???

Dear Vegans, here's some interesting analysis...

http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/um-professor-running-says-only-percent-of-planet-s-plant/article_d14373e0-0463-11e2-99ef-0019bb2963f4.html

""I'm arguing that we don't have all that much unused capacity left in the global biosphere," Running said Friday. "Humanity already uses 30 to 40 percent of the global production in various ways right now".

All this while we're heading to 30% more people with 100% (or more!) of our current desire for Meat, Fish, Forest Products, etc. 

As I've maintained many times here, going vegan wouldn't stave off for one second our probable demise, 

we're already using too much of the entire planet's production of protein and fiber!

Here's an interesting WHO chart...we're not only growing in numbers, we're growing in calories consumed per day at the same time...

Table 1. Global and regional per capita food consumption (kcal per capita per day)

Region	1964 - 1966	1974 - 1976	1984 - 1986	1997 - 1999	2015	2030
World	2358	2435	2655	2803	2940	3050
Developing countries	2054	2152	2450	2681	2850	2980
Near East and North Africa	2290	2591	2953	3006	3090	3170
Sub-Saharan Africaa	2058	2079	2057	2195	2360	2540
Latin America and the Caribbean	2393	2546	2689	2824	2980	3140
East Asia	1957	2105	2559	2921	3060	3190
South Asia	2017	1986	2205	2403	2700	2900
Industrialized countries	2947	3065	3206	3380	3440	3500
Transition countries	3222	3385	3379	2906	3060	3180

http://www.who.int/nutrition/topics/3_foodconsumption/en/index.html

We'll eat ourselves right off the planet even before the planet rejects our ability to live!    

"Soylent green - it's PEOPLE!"

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Frish