What Happened Today? We went to the casino for coffee and lost $20. We walked the coatings show for an hour. We returned to the casino and lost another $20. We checked out of the Fairmont Hotel. Taxi to the airport. Flight left at 2:35 PM. We arrived in Tampa around 5:00 PM. Kay called Sandy to check on Duane. He’s on a breathing device. It’s not looking good. He could go at any time.
GAIA- Planetary Management:
461. There are more than 3 billion creatures known as ruminants, mainly cattle, sheep, goats, and buffalo, also camels and llamas.
462. There are also more than 850 million pigs.
463. China is home to two out of every five pigs in the world, while India boasts the most cattle– 15% of the global total.
464. Efficiency or wastefulness: Most domesticated animals forage off plants that offer no sustenance to humans, thus they are not competing with humans.
465. When we count in remote rangelands, forests, and other little-recognized stock-supporting territories, domestic animals make use of 6 billion ha of land, or almost half the planet’s ice-free surface.