Re: pearl's list update

On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 14:10:58 -0000, "pearl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

>"swamp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 03:25:39 -0000, "pearl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
><..>
>> >Support your claims.
>>
>> I have. You've got a minimum of 60 milliion calories *per head* of
>> cattle to account for. Find something wrong w/ my math. I
>> double-checked and my numbers work out fine.
>
>O.k.

ok for me, bad for your calculations.

[reresnip of bad math and misapplied data]

I told you I wasn't going to find your mistakes for you, but I'll give
you a hint. Protein and calorie percentages *by weight* increase
dramatically when you remove the water.

[snip]

>That indicates that liveweight gain in the older animal aged1-2
>years, from 800 - 1200lbs, is on average 1.09lb a day, not 3.

So, naturally you chose the older animal to represent all livestock?
Not very honest of you, was it? Another hint: at maturity mammals stop
gaining weight.

>Of which _liveweight gain_, meat protein [DM] is only about 6.9%.*

Remember the hint? You can take the water out of the ration, but not
out of the steer.

[snip]

>Looks like my estimates were a gross UNDER-estimation.

Nope, your estimates are a gross *over* estimation. Otherwise, there
wouldn't be mammals.

>How many light-bulbs, swamp?

How many amps does a 100 watt lightbulb draw in the UK, Pearl?

[snip]

>24.74 lbs of meat protein for a year's hard work, confinement,
>slaughter, resources!  Waste, waste, waste, and yet more waste.

For the average steer, the numbers are closer to 150 days of eating
20-30 lbs. of ration and grazing, and gaining 2-3 lbs/day.

Why do you ar/evs distrust Ma Nature so much?

-- swamp