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   It is not milk or meat production per sey, it is the amount of   
   livestock.  From the article:   
      
   "Livestock farming drives emissions of the greenhouse gas methane, from   
   the stomachs of ruminants and especially cattle, and of carbon dioxide   
   by increasing deforestation.   
      
   Intensive farms also use fertilizers which release the powerful   
   greenhouse gas nitrous oxide when applied to the soil.   
      
   Both fertilizers and manure release nitrogen into natural systems such   
   as rivers, upsetting the natural balance."   
      
   Looking at s. asia in this regard:   
      
   India has one of the largest livestock population in the world. Fifty   
   ercent of the buffaloes and twenty percent of the cattle in the world   
   are ound in India, most of which are milch cows and milch buffaloes."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)