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   On Fri, 2 Mar 2012 06:33:57 -0800 (PST), Rupert    
   wrote:   
      
   >You've given absolutely no basis for making any estimate at all.   
   >You've acknowledged that you do not have any clue how many servings of   
   >tofu are produced by growing one hectare of soybeans, nor how many   
   >collateral deaths are caused by growing said hectare of soybeans.   
      
   It's easy when you know the right formula to use and how to manipulate it.   
   To find the value (n) use   
   sin x = n   
   Divide both sides of the equation by 'n' leaving   
   six = 6   
      
   Only 6 collateral deaths per hectare.   
      
   >Obviously, therefore, you wouldn't have the least idea of how many   
   >collateral deaths are associated with one serving of tofu. All you can   
   >give us is your gut feeling that it "must be" about one hundred times   
   >as large as your estimate for the number of deaths required to produce   
   >a quarter-pound of beef, which is also a number you completely made   
   >up, and ignores the fact that most grass-fed cattle would not be put   
   >out to pasture the whole year round.   
      
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