World on Fire
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World on Fire
The world is so unbalanced. WeÐŽ¦re killing it. Everyone is killing it, but especially us in the U.S. who see our nation as advanced and powerful. ÐŽ§If car ownership and oil consumption per person in China were to reach U.S. levels, then China would consume eighty million barrels of oil per day. Yet, in 1996, the entire world produced only sixty-four million barrels per day.ÐŽÐ Other nations canÐŽ¦t live the way we do because the world canÐŽ¦t supply enough. ÐŽ§The U.S. selling half the weapons in the world and buying one quarter of the oil.ÐŽÐ
ÐŽ§We know that in these end times, everythingÐŽ¦s the opposite of what it seems. ÐŽÒRed-blooded male,ÐŽ¦ for example. He thinks he gains his power from consuming red meat, so he eats more and more of it. He bulks up in order to meet the challenge of a hostile universe. Apparent meaning: his strength and aggressiveness make him impregnableÐŽK Actual meaning: because he also gobbles down vast amounts of sugar and starch, because he drinks alcohol, yeast and fungus bore holes in his distended gut. Over the years undigested animal protein passes through the holes into his blood stream. Becoming an agent of toxicityÐŽK Yeast and fungus, agents of decay. Precursors of mold and rot. End times within, end times withoutÐŽK Forests of entire nations converted to rangeland to feed the craving for beef. Which itself slowly enervates the very master race that craves it.ÐŽÐ
ÐŽ§Calories of fossil fuel expended to produce one calorie of protein from beef: seventy-eight.ÐŽÐ
ÐŽ§Number of people who could be fed using the land, water, and energy that would be freed up from growing livestock if Americans reduced their intake of meat by ten percent: ten million.ÐŽÐ
How can all these statistics be even relatively true and our world not only continue to function this way, but think it is flourishing? I always hear about how our nation is strong, but we canÐŽ¦t solve problems like how to feed people when information about how we live is right in front of us. It seems like helping the world is a lost cause.
ÐŽ§Because I become the Devil when I lose myself in hatred. I become the motherfucker when I blame and accuse. Consensus reality ÐŽV the only way