Sorry Buggs; My footprint was 47 acres, I guess it is because I eat meat and drive a pickup truck. Funny how these folks can get such a clear picture of how wasteful I am by asking 10 loaded questions. I wonder if anyone can even cone close to their perfect score of 4.7 by answering these questions. And I guess that my acres count more since they are in Massachusetts.
Mike M -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of DonO Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 2:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VFB] How big is your footprint? I win!!! I take up 41 acres! Beat that! But my acres are in Wyoming, where's there's plenty of them to spare. We have less people in Wyoming than most states have in one average size city. And it's so sparse that it takes a jillion acres to raise a small herd of cattle. That's why DonO has multiple personalities, plenty of space out here for more people, but no one stays here 'cause it's so cold and windy. So I emailed them and asked if they would donate money to me so I could use less acreage. We would both make out. I'll let you know when my check arrives. Rocochet R. Buggs III, Esquire ----- Original Message ----- From: "Critter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 9:23 AM Subject: RE: [VFB] How big is your footprint? I hear you, I felt really guilty after taking the quiz. It changes my volunteer work that I will be doing tomorrow in a river clean go from a fun networking feel good event to an obligation that I have to do or I'll be grounded. Quoting Lane McKellar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > That makes sense to a point, but the way they measure vegetation density > for raising cattle is how many acres are required to raise a cow and a > calf for a year. It is considered quite sparse ground if it requires > 10-15 acres to raise a cow/calf unit. Where my parents live in Missouri > it is only one acre to a cow calf unit. Deer and Elk eat for less than > a cow and forage differently too. I am not saying that we do not need > to take care of what we have, I believe in it 100%. I just get sick of > people with agendas, like that website - not you critter - spewing > inaccurate facts to make people feel guilty for being alive. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Critter > Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 9:51 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [VFB] How big is your footprint? > > I think part of the ac. is calculated for the "Meat Eater" categorie > being that > animals require more ac. to "grow up" than fruit/vegetables would need. > At > least that is the justification I will use since all the meat in my > freazer is > from stuff I have shot for fished. The freazer ususally contains most of > these > during the year: phesants, grouse, deer, wild boar, walleye, perch, > turkey, > and sometimes parts of roadkill for tying flies. ;) > > > > -Critter > > http://www.geocities.com/krazedcritter > (Hunting scaly creatures and catching furry creatures since 1808.)(c) -Critter http://www.geocities.com/krazedcritter (Hunting scaly creatures and catching furry creatures since 1808.)C
