The Destruction of Our World :: essays research papers

The Destruction of Our World     The world is so unbalanced. Were killing it. Everyone is killing it, but especi each(prenominal)y us in the U.S. who see our nation as advanced and powerful. If car ownership and oil consumption per person in China were to reach U.S. levels, then China would implement eighty million barrels of oil per day. Yet, in 1996, the entire world produced only sixty-four million barrels per day. Other nations cant reside the way we do because the world cant supply enough. The U.S. selling half the weapons in the world and buying one quarter of the oil.     We know that in these end times, everythings the opposite of what it seems. Red-blooded male, for example. He thinks he gains his power from consuming red meat, so he eats more and more of it. He bulks up in order to meet the challenge of a hostile universe. Apparent meaning his strength and aggressiveness make him impregnableK genuine meaning because he also gobble s down vast amounts of sugar and starch, because he drinks alcohol, yeast and fungus bore holes in his distended gut. Over the years undigested animal protein passes through with(predicate) the holes into his blood stream. Becoming an agent of toxicityK Yeast and fungus, agents of decay. Precursors of mold and rot. End times within, end times withoutK Forests of entire nations converted to rangeland to devote the craving for beef. Which itself slowly enervates the very master race that craves it.     Calories of fossil fuel expended to produce one calorie of protein from beef seventy-eight.      Number of people who could be cater using the land, water, and energy that would be freed up from growing livestock if Americans reduced their intake of meat by ten percent ten million.     How can all these statistics be even relatively true and our world not only continue to function this way, but think it is flourishing? I alw ays listen about how