On 8/16/06, Martin C. Martin <
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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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