<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yiv7566921847"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429190851878_16599"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429190851878_16598" style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" id="yiv7566921847yui_3_16_0_1_1429190851878_7700">> That's more cement than food!<br class="yiv7566921847" style="" clear="none"><br clear="none"><span></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv7566921847yui_3_16_0_1_1429190851878_7723">I realized that was wrong as soon as I hit send. <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv7566921847yui_3_16_0_1_1429190851878_7926"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv7566921847yui_3_16_0_1_1429190851878_8158">The NPR's article Nick linked to is probably accurate, NPR is not known for misreporting and it links to the<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" id="yiv7566921847yui_3_16_0_1_1429190851878_8106" target="_blank" href="http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/FoodConsumption/"> USDA site</a> for the stats. Of course that is for Americans, so my comment for food consumption globally is probably accurate.</div><div id="yiv7566921847yui_3_16_0_1_1429190851878_8262"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv7566921847yui_3_16_0_1_1429190851878_8300"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429190851878_16954">But the reason I was actually wrong is that we need to consider how much food was grown for our food consumption. Two people may eat the same weight in food, but a person consuming 2nd hand protein has to account for all the food fed to the animals. Of course there are other issues like locally grown, organic, grass fed etc... <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429190851878_17048"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429190851878_17073" dir="ltr">Getting back to the cement, it is simply staggering. It makes our individual efforts seem pointless. Could someone tell me who I need to contact to get my 1/2 tonne of cement? :)</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429190851878_17049" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429190851878_17092" dir="ltr">~sanjay<br></div></div><div id="yiv7566921847yui_3_16_0_1_1429190851878_7701"><div id="yiv7566921847yui_3_16_0_1_1429190851878_8174"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv7566921847yui_3_16_0_1_1429190851878_8250"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv7566921847yui_3_16_0_1_1429190851878_8203"><br clear="none"></div></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yiv7566921847yqt6139042838" id="yiv7566921847yqt41756"><div id="yiv7566921847yui_3_16_0_1_1429190851878_7706"><div id="yiv7566921847yui_3_16_0_1_1429190851878_7705">----
<br clear="none">If people in glass houses didn't throw stones, we'd all be living in glass houses!
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<br clear="none"></div></div><br clear="none"> <div id="yiv7566921847yui_3_16_0_1_1429190851878_7745" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div id="yiv7566921847yui_3_16_0_1_1429190851878_7744" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div dir="ltr" id="yiv7566921847yui_3_16_0_1_1429190851878_7743"> <hr size="1"> <font id="yiv7566921847yui_3_16_0_1_1429190851878_7758" size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> "nick_pine@verizon.net" <nick_pine@verizon.net><br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> greenbuilding@lists.bioenergylists.org <br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, April 15, 2015 7:35 PM<br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Greenbuilding] Staggering 1/2 tonne per person per year cement production!<br clear="none"> </font> </div> <div class="yiv7566921847y_msg_container" id="yiv7566921847yui_3_16_0_1_1429190851878_7746"><br clear="none">sanjay jain wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none">>... we produce 1/2 tonne cement per person per year. That's more cement <br clear="none">>than food!<br clear="none"><br clear="none">No. An average American eats about 1 ton per year <br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" id="yiv7566921847yui_3_16_0_1_1429190851878_7787" target="_blank" href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2011/12/31/144478009/the-average-american-ate-literally-a-ton-this-year">http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2011/12/31/144478009/the-average-american-ate-literally-a-ton-this-year</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Nick<br clear="none"> <br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Greenbuilding mailing list<br clear="none">to Send a Message to the list, use the email address<br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Greenbuilding@bioenergylists.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:Greenbuilding@bioenergylists.org">Greenbuilding@bioenergylists.org</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page<br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/greenbuilding_lists.bioenergylists.org">http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/greenbuilding_lists.bioenergylists.org</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div> </div> </div></div> </div></div></div></div></body></html>