Bill Eldridge wrote:
> 

> Sorry to switch subjects, but from Steve Boyan:
> 
>     I was wrong. If I had known that for every pound of beef I did not
>     eat, I would save anywhere from 2,500 to 5,000 gallons of water, I
>     would have been moved.

Why doesn't a pound of beef cost more than 2500 gallons of water? 
Wouldn't ADM (or whoever cares for the cow) have to pay for that much 
water?  To make a profit, wouldn't they have to charge more than their 
costs?

Confused,
Martin

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