Thanks for another great show. Two comments:

First, I personally find it most effective to resolve my inner angst about Peak Oil, etc. by doing “good works” like storing food and water, planting a big garden, paying down debt, reskilling, and working to form stronger ties with the people around me. I just prefer to work from the outside in.

This leads to my second comment - I see different generations bringing specific strengths and weaknesses to the table. I’m a member of Gen X (age 45) and tend to be a bit of a Philistine. I just don’t respond to the touchy feelly stuff. Baby Boomers tend to be more comfortable exploring the inner rhelm. Both approaches are needed as neither will do the job alone.

Keep up the great work!

- Johnny in San Francisco

If I understand you correctly, you’re repudiating statements made by vegetarians that meat isn’t healthy for them to eat because they became ill after consuming flesh. You base your assertion on the fact that they were predisposed to such a gastric reaction owing to their existing bias, and thus their claim that meat is unhealthy for them to digest is rendered invalid.

Well, I have been a ovo-lacto veg. for 25 years, and have enjoyed relatively good health throughout. Prior to adopting my current diet, I ate beef at least 6 times a week, and some sort of meat with almost every meal. My health was good in those years as well.
In the past 20 years, I have on a number of occasions enjoyed eating a meal which, without my knowledge, had been prepared using animal-based stocks. Unable to distinguish that fact as I ate the food, I just liked what I was consuming and felt quite satisfied/content upon finishing it. Then, 30-40 minutes after dining, I would invariably experience stomach cramps and diarrhea.

So, according to your own “logic” concerning specious vegetarian reasoning, if my unreserved gustatory appreciation isn’t able to convince my stomach, then I must be subconsciously psychic with a half hour lag.

LOL