tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15350975.post2650270982150551854..comments2024-03-27T09:08:50.883-07:00Comments on Bad Mom, Good Mom: Interpreting the Water Footprint of Foodbadmomgoodmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11569728075698885020noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15350975.post-65360050161570465662015-05-21T06:54:51.660-07:002015-05-21T06:54:51.660-07:00Huh.
It's things like this LA Times article...Huh. <br /><br />It's things like this LA Times article that confuse the bejeebers out of most of us regarding climate change and the water situation in the southwest, and the world in general. Then add in the rebuttals from all the commercial/political interests.....And top it all off with the the reality that most of us have NEVER had education in critical thinking & statistics interpretation (aka "teach to the test" in schools now). And apathy, at least until it hits consumer pocketbooks, like when gas hit $5-6 (or more) a gallon a few years back. We can live without burgers, but when the faucet is turned on an nothing drinkable, or nothing at all, comes out, that will be disastrous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15350975.post-63966764185862625922015-05-02T13:38:12.719-07:002015-05-02T13:38:12.719-07:00In the 1980s, I read a report that said that it ta...In the 1980s, I read a report that said that it takes 23 pounds of plant protein (soybeans) to produce 1 pound of beef protein. I was an undergrad then and didn't delve deeply into the methodology. I do remember a hierarchy that pork took half as much resources of beef and chicken was half as much as pork. <br /><br />You are right, that combining rice and pulses provides a complete protein on a plate. I grew up with soy and enjoy it in many forms. Between soy and the eggs and milk I consume, I don't worry too much about combining plant proteins. badmomgoodmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11569728075698885020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15350975.post-40206145708521172742015-05-02T13:19:01.124-07:002015-05-02T13:19:01.124-07:00That chick peas would be a bigger environmental is...That chick peas would be a bigger environmental issue than beef simply makes no sense. Thus it is so helpful that you have dug deeper into the data. Even using their sources, however, chick peas look better (on this factor of the total concern) for calories-vs. protein-than beef. So firstly, calories are necessary as well as protein is, and secondly, might their findings be partly based on the protein efficiency of beef vs. plant protein? In that case a fair comparison would have to include the available protein utilization increase provided by smart protein combining, which is to say, largely traditional plant protein combining, as in rice with pulses, for example. SanMarienoreply@blogger.com