Comments by "Some Guy" (@someguy2135) on "Food security - A growing dilemma | DW Documentary" video.

@ohcharlie428 I have a hard time believing that the Russian government is concerned with anything altruistic.
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@studyonline4763 Here in the USA, I blame the Electoral College system, as well as the Citizen's United Supreme Court case decision. Since then, elections are all about who can raise the most money, which often comes down to who can please the richest individuals and corporations.
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A plant based diet can save you money! Cheap staples include potatoes, rice, beans, pasta, oatmeal, peanuts, and bananas. "Vegan diets were the most affordable and reduced food costs by up to one third. Vegetarian diets were a close second. Flexitarian diets with low amounts of meat and dairy reduced costs by 14%. By contrast, pescatarian diets increased costs by up to 2%."-Oxford Nov 11, 2021 (Title etc. follow) Sustainable eating is cheaper and healthier - Oxford study Global study shows vegan and vegetarian diets cheapest option in high-income countries ‘Chef’ Miguel Barclay backs study Oxford University research has today revealed that, in countries such as the US, the UK, Australia and across Western Europe, adopting a vegan, vegetarian, or flexitarian diet could slash your food bill by up to one-third. Title -"Sustainable eating is cheaper and healthier - Oxford study"
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Everyone who can, should compost! Putting all our food waste in landfills adds a lot of needless methane to our atmosphere. Methane is 80 times more potent than CO2 in the first 20 years, and 20 times over 100 years.
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In the hypothetical scenario in which the entire world adopted a vegan diet the researchers estimate that our total agricultural land use would shrink from 4.1 billion hectares to 1 billion hectares."-Our World in Data Mar 4, 2021 That's actually about 75% !
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@Cryptoversity I am in my mid 60's and remember the Soviet Union. Like most Americans, I am not particularly familiar with the history of Ukraine, but I know it didn't start in Feb 2022, nor when the Soviet Union fell.
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"By going vegan, America could feed an additional 390 million people, study suggests." -LA Times Mar 26, 2018" "New research suggests the country could feed all 327 million Americans — plus roughly 390 million more — by focusing on plants. If U.S. farmers took all the land currently devoted to raising cattle, pigs and chickens and used it to grow plants instead, they could sustain more than twice as many people as they do now, according to a report published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences."-LA Times Mar 26, 2018" Title and author follow- "By going vegan, America could feed an additional 390 million people, study suggests BY KAREN KAPLANSCIENCE AND MEDICINE EDITOR MARCH 26, 2018 2:56 PM PT Link to the study within the article.
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If only we acted on this finding from the expert panel of the UN! There would be so many benefits of switching to a fully plant based food system. Could anyone refute any of these compelling reasons to boycott animal products? 1-Your own health (vegans are less likely to get several deadly chronic diseases) 2-Helping to end animal agriculture would reduce the chance of another pandemic & other zoonotic diseases 3-Helping to end animal ag would reduce the chance of the development of an antibiotic resistant pathogen. 4-Animal ag wastes a huge amount of fresh water. Each vegan saves 219,000 gallons of water every year! 5-Animal ag is a major cause of water pollution 6-Animal ag is a major cause of deforestation 7-Animal ag increases PTSD and spousal abuse in the people who work in slaughterhouses. Workers in meat packing facilities often endure terrible, dangerous working conditions. 8-Animal ag is a major cause of the loss of habitat and biodiversity 9-Needless killing of innocent, sentient beings cannot be ethically justified. 10- It is the single most effective way for each of us to fight climate change and environmental degradation. 11- Longer lifespan. 12- Healthier weight (vegans were the only dietary group in the Adventist Studies that had an average BMI in the recommended range.) 13- A healthy plant based diet significantly reduces the chances of ED later in life, and even 1 meal can improve bedroom performance 14- Vegetarians and vegans have lower rates of dementia later in life 15- A plant based diet could save money! You could reduce your food budget by one third! 16- A vegan world would save 8 million human lives a year, and $1 trillion in health care and related costs (Oxford Study) Links for some of these are at my channel under "About." If you doubt any of them, I would be glad to cite evidence from credible sources to back them up. YouTube only allows a certain number of links at my channel.
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Have you tried sushi? Nori sheets are very tasty. No bugs for me. No animals of any kind.
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Meat production has a lot of other drawbacks besides being inefficient in terms of land and water used. Can you refute any of these compelling reasons to boycott animal products? 1-Your own health (vegans are less likely to get several deadly chronic diseases) 2-Helping to end animal agriculture would reduce the chance of another pandemic & other zoonotic diseases 3-Helping to end animal ag would reduce the chance of the development of an antibiotic resistant pathogen. 4-Animal ag wastes a huge amount of fresh water. Each vegan saves 219,000 gallons of water every year! 5-Animal ag is a major cause of water pollution 6-Animal ag is a major cause of deforestation 7-Animal ag increases PTSD and spousal abuse in the people who work in slaughterhouses. Workers in meat packing facilities often endure terrible, dangerous working conditions. 8-Animal ag is a major cause of the loss of habitat and biodiversity 9-Needless killing of innocent, sentient beings cannot be ethically justified. 10- It is the single most effective way for each of us to fight climate change and environmental degradation. 11- Longer lifespan. 12- Healthier weight (vegans were the only dietary group in the Adventist Studies that had an average BMI in the recommended range.) 13- A healthy plant based diet significantly reduces the chances of ED later in life, and even 1 meal can improve bedroom performance 14- Vegetarians and vegans have lower rates of dementia later in life 15- A plant based diet could save money! You could reduce your food budget by one third! 16- A vegan world would save 8 million human lives a year, and $1 trillion in health care and related costs (Oxford Study) Links for some of these are at my channel under "About." If you doubt any of them, I would be glad to cite evidence from credible sources to back them up. YouTube only allows a certain number of links at my channel.
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@arturskibior You probably are assuming that a plant based diet requires you to eat every 15 minutes based on eating junk food that happens to be free of animals or what comes out of them. A fully plant based diet centered around whole foods has plenty of fiber, which keeps the complex carbs from giving you a sugar crash so soon.
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@ohcharlie428 There is no question that the USA is the enemy of Putin right now. Putin is the enemy of his own people. He is not a legitimately elected leader. Hypocrites can be right despite being hypocrites. If the USA doesn't play world police, who will? Putin feeds on his successful aggression. To quote a Marvel movie- "With great power comes great responsibility." Wisdom can come from strange sources. YouTube has some very strange hidden agenda's and policies. For example, many of my comments in the past have been auto deleted simply because I included a link to something other than a different YouTube video. Now that policy may have been changed, based on some that I have seen lately that aren't deleted. I often do not get the notifications I am supposed to have received from YouTube. I wish YouTube were more like Reddit in most ways. The problem with Reddit is that the mods for each subreddit are too arbitrary, and often delete or even ban users for no good reason.
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@ohcharlie428 Reddit has a subreddit about YouTube you might want to check out.
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@ohcharlie428 You make some interesting points. The stalemate in Congress is frustrating, but President Biden did manage to pass some important legislation that the Trump administration could not. Infrastructure, protecting our environment, and reducing the threat of military assault weapons still need work, but now are a bit better.
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@os2958 I agree. Keeping demagogues like tRump out of power is vital for so many reasons!
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The largest organization of nutrition professionals officially declared- "It is the position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics that appropriately planned vegetarian, including vegan, diets are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and may provide health benefits for the prevention and treatment of certain diseases. These diets are appropriate for all stages of the life cycle, including pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, adolescence, older adulthood, and for athletes. Plant-based diets are more environmentally sustainable than diets rich in animal products because they use fewer natural resources and are associated with much less environmental damage. Vegetarians and vegans are at reduced risk of certain health conditions, including ischemic heart disease, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, certain types of cancer, and obesity. Low intake of saturated fat and high intakes of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, soy products, nuts, and seeds (all rich in fiber and phytochemicals) are characteristics of vegetarian and vegan diets that produce lower total and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and better serum glucose control. These factors contribute to reduction of chronic disease. Vegans need reliable sources of vitamin B-12, such as fortified foods or supplements." -Full abstract from the position paper as found on PubMed from the National Institutes of Health
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@kellyodowd3949 "A meat-eater’s diet requires 17 times more land, 14 times more water and 10 times more energy than a vegetarian’s, according to research published by The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. This is principally because we use a large proportion of the world’s land for growing crops to feed livestock, rather than humans. (Of the world’s approximately five billion hectares of agricultural land, 68% is used for livestock.) This squeeze on resources is only set to intensify. In 50 years’ time, the UN predicts there will be 10.5 billion people on the planet (the current world population is around 7 billion). To feed us all, it says, we will need to grow food more sustainably. Dr Walt Willett, professor of medicine at Harvard University, says we could eliminate the worst cases of world hunger today with about 40 million tonnes of food – yet 760 million tonnes is fed to animals on farms every year." -BBC Good Food
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@kellyodowd3949 You-"Everyone of us in this generation is responsible for the future." Those who are younger are in greatest danger from climate change, environmental degradation, and shortages of resources like fresh water. All of those threats would be reduced if the food system would switch to being fully plant based. There is a reason why Greta Thunberg started her protests as a very young person. There is a reason that she is vegan. Going vegan is the single most effective way for each of us to minimize our environmental footprint. "According to the most comprehensive analysis of farming’s impact on the planet, plant-based food is most effective at combatting climate change. Oxford University researcher Joseph Poore, who led the study, said adopting a vegan diet is “the single biggest way to reduce your impact on planet Earth.” “A vegan diet is probably the single biggest way to reduce your impact on planet Earth, not just greenhouse gases, but global acidification, eutrophication, land use and water use.”. -Joseph Poore, Environmental Science Researcher, University of Oxford. Joseph Poore switched to a plant based diet after seeing the results of the study. Links at my channel under "About."
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@kellyodowd3949 Those who are homeless, unemployed, survivors of addiction and those who have no voice deserve to be able to vote, and those of us who can, should vote for leaders who would be more likely to help them. I live in the USA, and our ability to vote meaningfully at all is under attack by the "Trumpublicans." Where do you live?
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@kellyodowd3949 There are so many reasons to boycott animal products! 1-Your own health (vegans are less likely to get several deadly chronic diseases) 2-Helping to end animal agriculture would reduce the chance of another pandemic & other zoonotic diseases 3-Helping to end animal ag would reduce the chance of the development of an antibiotic resistant pathogen. 4-Animal ag wastes a huge amount of fresh water. Each vegan saves 219,000 gallons of water every year! 5-Animal ag is a major cause of water pollution 6-Animal ag is a major cause of deforestation 7-Animal ag increases PTSD and spousal abuse in the people who work in slaughterhouses. Workers in meat packing facilities often endure terrible, dangerous working conditions. 8-Animal ag is a major cause of the loss of habitat and biodiversity 9-Needless killing of innocent, sentient beings cannot be ethically justified. 10- It is the single most effective way for each of us to fight climate change and environmental degradation. 11- Longer lifespan. 12- Healthier weight (vegans were the only dietary group in the Adventist Studies that had an average BMI in the recommended range.) 13- A healthy plant based diet significantly reduces the chances of ED later in life, and even 1 meal can improve bedroom performance 14- Vegetarians and vegans have lower rates of dementia later in life 15- A plant based diet could save money! You could reduce your food budget by one third! 16- A vegan world would save 8 million human lives a year, and $1 trillion in health care and related costs (Oxford Study) Links for some of these are at my channel under "About." If you doubt any of them, I would be glad to cite evidence from credible sources to back them up. YouTube only allows a certain number of links at my channel.
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@ohcharlie428 Once Putin is out of power, I would be a lot more open to seeing things through Russia's perspective. As of now, Putin is the enemy of the people of Russia and a threat to the peace and hegemony of all free countries.
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@arturskibior One more advantage of a plant based meal is that "food comas" are not a problem. Instead of passing out after that turkey dinner, try the Tofurkey roast and be able to go do something afterward.
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@kingotto6352 Interesting points about vertical farming. Solar panels could be used to reduce the costs of electricity, and battery back up could allow the lights to be used 24/7.
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@raclark2730 I know. There are some very interesting benefits to doing just that.
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@raclark2730 What do you think about my earlier comments in this thread about veganism?
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@raclark2730 You-"I see predation including the human use of animals as part of the natural cycle." Mankind (other than a few hunter gathering populations) has gone beyond the need to eat or be eaten. Most humans today can not only survive, but (done right) would have a better chance at a longer healthier life by not eating animals.
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@raclark2730 You-"However maybe its not a good idea for people to stuff their faces with McDonalds 24/7." I am glad we agree about that. I personally indulge from time to time in processed food, but by choosing a plant based burger, for example I can do my part for our environment, and avoid funding the needless killing of innocent, sentient beings.
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@raclark2730 You-"I do think that some changes do need to be made in the farming sector in both livestock and cropping. The best way for each of us to encourage that is by boycotting animal products.
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@raclark2730 You-"But they have to be fair to the farmers, they deserve more than to just be cancelled, as some including governments seem to be trying to do." My nephew owns and operates a cattle ranch in South Dakota. I love him and want to see him prosper, but I spend a lot of time advocating for a boycott of his product. I often tell people that if they don't go fully plant based, the most effective way to help our environment is to cut out beef, and dairy. There are other ways to make a living. Some people in the animal agriculture industry have already made the switch to using their talents, work and resources to produce food that is more sustainable. "While the wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest may constitute an “international crisis,” they are hardly an accident. The vast majority of the fires have been set by loggers and ranchers to clear land for cattle. The practice is on the rise, encouraged by Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s populist pro-business president, who is backed by the country’s so-called “beef caucus.” While this may be business as usual for Brazil’s beef farmers, the rest of the world is looking on in horror. So, for those wondering how they could help save the rainforest, known as “the planet’s lungs” for producing about 20% of the world’s oxygen, the answer may be simple. Eat less meat."- CNN Another reason they burn the Amazon is to grow soy. "More than three-quarters (77%) of global soy is fed to livestock for meat and dairy production. Most of the rest is used for biofuels, industry or vegetable oils. Just 7% of soy is used directly for human food products such as tofu, soy milk, edamame beans, and tempeh." -Our World in Data
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@raclark2730 You-"Also there are millions of tones of animal protein running and swimming around in the form of feral and invasive species. Non vegans can help the environment by eating them, win win." I understand that deer are overpopulated, and I am sure there are others. I know that the wild horse population here in Nevada is controlled by our government. Hunting is not required to do that. Deer included.
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@raclark2730 You-"Nature knows best, and we will do well in following natures examples." Nature has produced an amazing variety of fascinating life forms, but if we followed nature's example, it would lead us to even more social Darwinism than already exists. Survival of the fittest is a bloody and heartless system.
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@raclark2730 You-"That to me means at least some of us need to remain carnivorous." Even in the future when most of mankind has switched to a fully plant based food system, combined with producing clean, cultured meat using lab technology, precision fermentation for dairy protein, etc. there will be a small number of hunter gathering populations. Exceptions to the rule.
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@raclark2730 Wolves have been introduced into Yellowstone, and I have always supported that. I am not against predators doing what they need to in order to survive. It maintains the balance of nature. If we switched to a fully plant based food system, it would free up 75% of the land now used for food production, which would allow more wildlife habitat by re-wilding. The trees would also capture more CO2. I would also love to see more American Bison, which were almost made extinct to free up land for the introduced cattle and sheep. Predators (like wolves) were killed off to maximize profit from grazing cows and sheep.
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@raclark2730 "In the hypothetical scenario in which the entire world adopted a vegan diet the researchers estimate that our total agricultural land use would shrink from 4.1 billion hectares to 1 billion hectares."-Our World in Data Mar 4, 2021
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