Why are you not vegan?

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I have two green gauge tree's and several apple tree's. But thats a garden city for you

We also have an allotment that my father has made into his project since he retired. We get loads of herbs, vegetables and berries from that

I'm still eating the green gauge and green tomatoe chutney we made from last years produce oh man it's food of the gods home made chutney



Does the rest of Sydney turn up and do the same Individually you can do things quite easily, its collectively distributing food to the entire population of cities thats the tricky part

Man was meant to eat meat. Englishmen weren't meant to eat exotic fruits and other vegan fare. We do, sometimes, of course, but that doesn't mean we're supposed to.

I believe that this little statement is very interesting and I believe that perhaps I have come across this statement from humans as an argument that I must eat meat.

However, I personally feel that this statement is simply stating "I have the ability to eat meat, therefore I must". Indeed, we see that this statement uses the same logic as "I have the ability to inflict harm upon myself, therefore I must".

A vegan diet done properly is healthy, question is how many of them do actually manage it properly? I've known people who were quite well versed in what they needed to do to sustain the diet, but i've also known others who were making themselves ill and I could actually see (as a health professional) signs on their face that they had some serious deficiencies going on there.

But if you are trying to claim politically that it is a more viable and sustainable diet then a more mixed one or vegetarianism you are seriously delluded. The amount of logistics and distribution required to bring to you all the wide variety of food you can eat as a vegan is polluting the earth with fossil fuel emissions. It's simply bollocks to claim its environmentally friendly. If its environmentally friendly then why are you eating all the plants

I'm sure there are people out there who engage in vegan diets based entirely on the food that is available in their local area. I.e. not imported and grown locally. You can do that on a local basis. Infact we could save ourselves a lot of time and resources making more use of coastal food and unused arable land but even so it ain't gonna sustain 70 million people.

Also in terms of our evolutionary history we were adapted for a neolithic diet. And that included meat, but we cherry pick the meat we buy today in our butchers and supermarkets. You eat the whole animal to gain all the vitamins and minerals from the other internal organs.

There is also a theory that modern humans missing link in the evolutionary chain was an "aquatic ape" species. You can see that in the health benefits of populations that exclusively eat fish due to living on the coast.

I used to be a Pescetarian Vegetarian for a chunk of my teen years. It probably is quite an ideal diet in some respects for health benefits

I don't live in sydney. Although I am sure the murray darling basin would be able to supply sufficient crops to feed everyone there. The wastage of fresh produce in our country is huge with around 40percent of crops rotting in the fields.

Vegetarism for ethical reasons is a pure non-sense, as plants are living being as animals (their lack of nervous system isn't an argument ; the important thing is that they are alive). When you understand that, eating vegetables, eggs, meat (even from mouses, cats and Homo Sapiens Sapiens) won't make you feel guilty.

Vegetarism for ethical reasons is a pure non-sense, as plants are living being as animals (their lack of nervous system isn't an argument ; the important thing is that they are alive). When you understand that, eating vegetables, eggs, meat (even from mouses, cats and Homo Sapiens Sapiens) won't make you feel guilty.

The wastage of fresh produce in our country is huge with around 40percent of crops rotting in the fields

Our city is also the first city in the world to incorporate some solar powered and electric buses into the fleet.

The Aquatic Ape theory has always interested me, but I found it lacking in the end. There were far too many assumptions made and not enough hard evidence to back them up

Although I am sure the murray darling basin would be able to supply sufficient crops to feed everyone there

Thats a universal problem around the world. It's absolutely ridiculous especially when we have access to refridgeration technology and modern methods of transportation.



Yes, you have sunlight there. Think of us ricket inflicted sun deprived english people when your next out in your perma-blue sky's



Thats why its a theory, it's never had any hard evidence.



There are 15 countries around the world that are net producers of food. I imagine you and NZ must be two of them, Canada is another. Zimbabwei and Myanomar used to be as well before their military dictators/robert "nobhead" mugabe ruined their economies.

The UK is not a net producer of food. The land could realistically only sustain less than 15 million people. The current population is just under 70 million.

Vegetarism for ethical reasons is a pure non-sense, as plants are living being as animals (their lack of nervous system isn't an argument ; the important thing is that they are alive). When you understand that, eating vegetables, eggs, meat (even from mouses, cats and Homo Sapiens Sapiens) won't make you feel guilty.

The wonderful legacy of colonialism for you.

But yeah lots of waste and poor land management around the world. The one thing humans are very good at is turning a nice bit of land into a desert.

The best solution would be less people around the world. It's not very popular as it involves a bit of killing. But I dunno a decent plague that wiped out half the human race would do the world wonders.

or just the idiots.