Most of that alleged 2,500 - 5,000 gallons of water per cow is a pass-through cost, so to speak.

On 8/16/06, Martin C. Martin < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


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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