Guest guest Posted July 19, 2005 Report Share Posted July 19, 2005 To see how much effect being vegan rather than vegetarian makes, how about some maths... A dairy cow produces about 6,000 litres of milk a year, and live for (I think) about 5 years. Suppose they have 8 male calves a year (that's a total guess), then (ignoring female offspring) we've got a total of 41 slaughtered cows for every 30,000 litres of milk produced. So that's one death for every 731 litres of milk produced. Now, suppose you drink 2 litres of milk a week which is about 100 litres a year. So, with those figures, you would account for one cow's death every 7 years 4 months by being vegetarian rather than vegan. I'm fairly sure my maths and logic there is correct. But hopefully someone can come up with more accurate figures, but I'm sure it will show that it really does make an immediate difference. And, as someone mentioned, there's also the ripple effect. Not sure about the maths on this one (as I don't know the rate of increase of veganism) but it's a bit like pyramid selling isn't it (for want of a better analogy!) - each vegan today could account for 10 vegans in 50 years time (or 100 vegans in 100 years time...), so there is that aspect to it as well. Stay vegan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 31, 2005 Report Share Posted July 31, 2005 James, I mean this good naturally, been when I presented this on alt.food.vegan I was ripped apart because you said cows have 8 calves a year. Clearly, that is highly innaccurate and left the rest of the paper, which is generally valid, made me look like a fool. Please go back to the sources and correct this. James Hodgskiss wrote: > To see how much effect being vegan rather than vegetarian makes, how > about some maths... > > A dairy cow produces about 6,000 litres of milk a year, and live for > (I think) about 5 years. Suppose they have 8 male calves a year > (that's a total guess), then (ignoring female offspring) we've got a > total of 41 slaughtered cows for every 30,000 litres of milk produced. > So that's one death for every 731 litres of milk produced. > > Now, suppose you drink 2 litres of milk a week which is about 100 > litres a year. > > So, with those figures, you would account for one cow's death every 7 > years 4 months by being vegetarian rather than vegan. I'm fairly sure > my maths and logic there is correct. But hopefully someone can come up > with more accurate figures, but I'm sure it will show that it really > does make an immediate difference. > > > And, as someone mentioned, there's also the ripple effect. Not sure > about the maths on this one (as I don't know the rate of increase of > veganism) but it's a bit like pyramid selling isn't it (for want of a > better analogy!) - each vegan today could account for 10 vegans in 50 > years time (or 100 vegans in 100 years time...), so there is that > aspect to it as well. > > > > Stay vegan! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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