I was looking up some bug information and came across this website. I almost don't want to inflict it on others but it was too... interesting not to share. Keep reading and good luck
Itâs bonkers to me that we donât have the option in this country of assisted suicide. Not everyone can afford or even make the trip physically to off themselves in Switzerland! But yes, religion againâŠmy sister is very religious and believes suicide is a sin, furthermore she thinks itâs selfish to end oneâs life voluntarily. I guess we should all suffer with debilitating illnesses for the sake of others and drag life on until our bodies finally give out đ Sorry this is so depressing. Maybe we should have a âcontroversial topicsâ thread, but then that would probably end in a flaming pile.Â
Altogether different from recent posts, I was listening to a piece on World at One about changes to the Highway Code. The expert passing opinion was the Guardianâs cycling and walking correspondent. Wouldnât you have thought that person really should know the word is cycling and not cy-ker-ling?
Took the dogs to the beach yesterday. Were on a narrow but pretty busy road near Eastbourne Town Hall,car 2 in front of us , turning left,stopped dead to let someone cross the road,we were also turning left. What happens if someone else then comes along, wanting to cross, how long should we wait,folk coming from the other direction,town are also trying to turn right into there
The worldâs population will peak, if I have remembered this correctly and if forecasts are correct, at around 11 billion in around 80 yearsâ time. The rate at which it is increasing is now slowing quite significantly and several countries - China, Poland, S Korea, Italy and lots more - face the considerable challenge of massive population reductions in the next 50 years. There will be significant population shortages to be filled by an African diaspora.Â
The UKâs population will stabilise at just over 70 million.
If everybody went vegetarian/vegan where would we grow all the food required? Much of the land used, particularly for sheep farming, isn't suitable for agriculture. Soya and other plant based 'milk' will require more land too. Vegetarians/vegans responsible for deforestation?
You cant blame the vegans for deforestation. "So as it turns out, vegans and veggies eating soya burgers arenât really responsible for destroying forests. The amount of soya theyâre eating is tiny compared to the amount thatâs fed to chickens, pigs, and cows being grown for meat and dairy."
"Cattle ranching is the leading cause of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. In Brazil, this has been the case since at least the 1970s: government figures attributed 38 percent of deforestation from 1966-1975 to large-scale cattle ranching. Today the figure in Brazil is closer to 70 percent. Most of the beef is destined for urban markets, whereas leather and other cattle products are primarily for export markets."
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Good explanation on the BBC website about falling population rates and the reasons why. Report posted in July 2020
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
George Bernard Shaw'
@KT53
You cant blame the vegans for deforestation.
"So as it turns out, vegans and veggies eating soya burgers arenât really responsible for destroying forests. The amount of soya theyâre eating is tiny compared to the amount thatâs fed to chickens, pigs, and cows being grown for meat and dairy."
Source:https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/soya-meat-vegetarian-vegan/#:~:text=So%20as%20it%20turns%20out,grown%20for%20meat%20and%20dairy.
"Cattle ranching is the leading cause of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. In Brazil, this has been the case since at least the 1970s: government figures attributed 38 percent of deforestation from 1966-1975 to large-scale cattle ranching. Today the figure in Brazil is closer to 70 percent. Most of the beef is destined for urban markets, whereas leather and other cattle products are primarily for export markets."
Source:Â https://rainforests.mongabay.com/amazon/amazon_destruction.html
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
George Bernard Shaw'
I shall have bad dreams tonight.