Since you've demonstrated that you are not interested in an adult discussion
You say while making ad hominem jab calling me childish. Such a silly billy.
Sorry if I failed to quote one source of the many I gave. Feel free to google "acreage of alfalfa in the US." Why would the global number be relevant to our conversation? That was specifically posted in reply to your statement "what about the US." Actually, on re-reading, you're asking where I found the acreage of cotton? Uh, your own article, dipshit.
Oh, okay. No supporting links from you, apparently the onus of proff for your claims is on me.
Okay, let's go;
If we only count the top 10 cotton producing countries, the produced... roughly 22,795,103 metric tonnes of cotton in 2014. That's... 50,254,599,741 pounds of cotton, or around 50 billion pounds roughly. Only 45% becomes trash, right? So that's... 22,614,569,883.5 pounds of cotton trash. I mean, already ignoring that apparently 47.9% of gin trash%202009-03.pdf) has been reported to be used as livestock feed in Texas alone... (page 2) Or do you plan on actually backing up your statement with links anytime soon. Oh, wait...
I'm going to unfollow this discussion and not check back.
Never mind. People with concrete points always leave and proclaim "I'M NOT LISTENING ANYMORE!!!", huh?
B) Alfalfa is one of the most intense water-users of any forage
So... You're saying we should feed them less water-intensive food and plant less water intensive crops in California? Thanks, Captain Obvious!
...why would that matter? Up or down, cattle are still responsible for a huge percentage of erosion.
Farmers should know when not to overgraze then... shouldn't they? I mean it's not like they can farm with no land...
Increased demand = increased production.
Increased production and clearing for vegetable crops? Gotcha.
I'm sure there are efforts to address it. Satisfied with that answer?
Nuh. Dancing around the issue.
we don't need animals?
Are.. you sure about that? Because both the ecosystem that sustains you and the fertilizer industry would beg to differ.
It's like saying "10% of my wealth was stolen by a burglar" and you smugly replying "well it's not THAT bad, you spent or saved the other 90%. Obviously theft isn't a real problem."
Do you regularly blame animals for stealing "your" land?