Hew-mons have a remarkable capacity for rationalization. I know a guy who, on three different occasions, posted awful things about a woman I know he was in love with, and called it "affectionate humor". So affectionate that she cut him off that day.
"If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: hellomahog...@gmail.com Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:08:58 -0800 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Survivors? How can they rationalize mass murder? That is the biggest question about the show that has been bugging me since the last scene of the show. On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Martin Baxter <truthseeker...@hotmail.com> wrote: In that, Mr Worf, I suspect the use of biologics as an end to killing off humanity. "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: hellomahog...@gmail.com Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:12:29 -0800 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Survivors? We have a lot of organic farmers in California so that's what I was thinking of when I wrote that post. There is an organic dairy farm only about 10 minutes from here. They have a couple hundred head of cattle and land on both sides of the freeway. I think the biggest problem would be rats until they get to the point where they get a disease as well. Getting back to the show. Isn't it a little odd than none of the animals died and only the humans? That would take some serious genetic manipulation. On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 9:11 AM, B Smith <daikaij...@yahoo.com> wrote: Actually modern dairy cows are fed mixed rations as well. A lot of modern dairies have very little grazing compared to the way it was done in the past. Dairy cows are so specialized there would be massive die offs in the first few weeks from mastitis and other infections. With no calves to suck and no human interference those full bags become bacterial soup pretty quickly. Some would survive and dry off(go out of milking condition) but with so few bulls on farms these days there would be a big drop off in numbers in a generation. I imagine interbreeding with the more multiple breeds of beef bulls would change the look of domestic cows a hell of a lot in a couple of generations. Beef cows are actually far more resilient than the dairy animals and cow-calf pairs are kept on grass in most of the country before the calves are processed and placed on feed. That's why I wouldn't be concerned about them as much. They toughen up pretty quickly. I think the wild animals wouldn't be a major concern for a while for any groups of people. There would be a buffet of domestic pets and livestock to prey on for a long time. Some isolated problems from the ones that scavenge human corpses but I imagine they would be dispatched pretty quickly. There won't be a shortage of guns. LOL. The feral animal population would be the scarier proposition. With so many bodies left by the plague I imagine lots of hungry animals would scavenge corpses, equate humans with food and have to be destroyed. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@...> wrote: > > I think that the things would eventually go back to how they were before man > interfered. Over produced, over bred animals will die off immediately, the > ones that learn to adapt will thrive. If you want a variety of food you will > need a barn, hen house, pigs, cows etc. We have wild turkeys here and I can > tell you it took less than 10 years for them to repopulate here. We have > them all over the place and I'm sure they will be good eating! :) You could > also allow them to eat grass. (wow what a concept! :) ) Dairy cows eat > grass, the ones for beef eat corn concoctions. > > The problem will be large cats and bears. There have been coyote sightings > in San Francisco and foxes near Stanford University. > > > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 2:42 PM, B Smith <daikaij...@...> wrote: > > > I'm on the hunting and fishing team too. Although with the huge numbers of > > domesticated animals in the U.S. eating wouldn't be a problem for a long > > time. The bigger problem would be feeding them on a long term basis and > > preserving meat if the power grid is shot. > > > > The cattle and sheep problem would take care itself in the spring through > > fall because taking them off grain and feeding them strictly grass and > > forage would take off some of the pressure but even then huge numbers of > > them would have to be slaughtered or culled. Hay and winter pasture > > cultivation would be a hell of a lot easier than growing corn and soybeans > > for animal food. But 85 million cattle and 6 million sheep could cause huge > > environmental problems in the long term. > > > > Hogs on the other hand would be a menace of epic proportions. We'd have to > > cull huge numbers of them to keep them from becoming a horde of mammalian > > locusts. They are smart resilient and return to the wild very quickly. In > > the U.S. alone there are about 66 million hogs and it's no way in hell that > > a population of 3 million of so people post-virus could keep them in check. > > Look at South Texas or Australia to see how unchecked numbers of hogs can > > impact an area. > > > > Chickens...let's jsut say we'd have huge amounts organic compost to use for > > a long time. Numbers would drop after the current genration of broilers were > > dealt with but there still would be a huge number of birds that would starve > > to death if they aren't euthanised. There are nearly 9 billion chickens > > slughtered every year in the U.S.!!! Throw in turkeys, ducks and other > > commercially raised poultry and you see the enormity of the problem. > > > > We'd have to make sure we'd have enough self pollinating non-genetically > > modified varieties of plants to make 2nd generation agriculture effective. > > All these wonderful GMO crops don't breed true and yields plummet by design. > > If you didn't have heirloom seed lines it could be a huge problem in the > > future. > > > > I'll stop now. LOL > > > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Tracey de Morsella" <tdlists@> > > wrote: > > > > > > Well you took Buckingham Palace first thing and you love books, so you > > know you are on team Scifi! > > > > > > > > > > > > From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On > > Behalf Of Mr. Worf > > > Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 1:21 AM > > > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > > > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Survivors? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I can also shoot a gun, and fish too. :) > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 1:13 AM, Tracey de Morsella <tdlists@> wrote: > > > > > > I want you on my team!!! :-) > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On > > > Behalf Of B Smith > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 2:53 PM > > > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > > > Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Survivors? > > > > > > we have a pretty good cross section of folks that post. I think we might > > be > > > lacking a few skillsets but with books and hard work we could make a go. > > > > > > I'm pretty well versed in agriculture and could handle the basics of > > growing > > > food, animal based agriculture and have even milked a cow or three. I've > > > slaughtered and procesed my own meat so that wouldn't scare me. I know > > which > > > end of the hammer to swing and could be semi-handy if pressed into > > service. > > > I also know my way around a lab setting pretty darn well so manufacturing > > > biodiesel and the like would be up my alley as well. > > > > > > Unfortunately I've gotten lazy and haven't used my more physical > > skillsets > > > for a while. I guess i'd have to come out of retirement. > > > > > > Any pilots on the list? How about some mechanically inclined people? > > Medical > > > professionals? Anyone know how to set up an off the grid solar or wind > > power > > > system? > > > > > > --- In scifinoir2@ <mailto:scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com> , "Tracey de > > Morsella" <tdlists@> wrote: > > > > > > > > I hate "reality" tv, but maybe this would be good. How do you think we > > > ------------------------------------ Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ Individual Email | Traditional http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/join (Yahoo! ID required) scifinoir2-dig...@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. Get it now. -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! 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