Why do I keep buying ribeyes when ...

[Coogs]

Originally Posted by whoman69

I really have to question the veracity of your data. The average cow yields 568 lbs of beef. That is 1,420,000 gallons of water for each cow. That is $2130 spent on each cow. It wouldn't be economically feasible.

So you are saying you don't think a 2 year old steer that is going to market can average drinking 2,000 gallons of water a day?

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by whoman69

I really have to question the veracity of your data. The average cow yields 568 lbs of beef. That is 1,420,000 gallons of water for each cow. That is $2130 spent on each cow. It wouldn't be economically feasible.

Originally Posted by Coogs

So you are saying you don't think a 2 year old steer that is going to market can average drinking 2,000 gallons of water a day?

When you dig deep into BS figures like this, you kind out they count things like the steam in the turbine that provides electricity to the cattle feed processing plant.

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by Coogs

So you are saying you don't think a 2 year old steer that is going to market can average drinking 2,000 gallons of water a day?

Never trust a man that doesn't enjoy red meat, booze, or sex with women.

I'm pretty sure he swore off all three in a separate thread. Although, I'd have to think without red meat and women, he'd at least enjoy a drink from time to time.

Maybe not. Guy just gets his rocks off watching Mormon football. Although I doubt he touches himself while watching Chuckie Keaton. Self discipline and all.

[Hoopsdoc]

Originally Posted by Pablo

Never trust a man that doesn't enjoy red meat, booze, or sex with women.

I'm pretty sure he swore off all three in a separate thread. Although, I'd have to think without red meat and women, he'd at least enjoy a drink from time to time.

Maybe not. Guy just gets his rocks off watching Mormon football. Although I doubt he touches himself while watching Chuckie Keaton. Self discipline and all.

Words to live by in bold

Also, leave me a T-Bone. I'm a man who likes having a bone to knaw on after my meals.

Wait, that doesn't sound right......

[Anyong Bluth]

Originally Posted by whoman69

I really have to question the veracity of your data. The average cow yields 568 lbs of beef. That is 1,420,000 gallons of water for each cow. That is $2130 spent on each cow. It wouldn't be economically feasible.

Originally Posted by Coogs

So you are saying you don't think a 2 year old steer that is going to market can average drinking 2,000 gallons of water a day?

Oh no the math totally works out -

The average weight of beef cattle depending on the type ranges around 1000 to 1050 lbs at 24 months old. So for argument sake we'll use the average of 1025 pounds.

A gallon weighs ~ 8 pounds. Based on the claims of water consumption to 1 pound of beef at 2,000 per day x 8 lbs = 16,000 pounds intaken daily just in water, not even getting into their food consumption.

So it's totally feasible that this would be possible if cows were essentially bovine dialysis machines and constantly drinking and pissing for a majority of the day. A herd of cattle would drown in their collective piss ponds if ever they went grazing on the low plain...

Whoever puts this info out there to dissuade people from eating meat does a disservice, and looks like a fool.