Energy through cow culture:

Cows form backbone of our culture. Cows are inseperable part of our life.

We are taking food for granted, we are taking God’s nature for granted.

But modern agriculture couldn’t care less for this precious resource. Modern agriculture is at war. It
is at war with the mother Earth, with the environment. The weapons used in this war are massive
agricultural machines, chemical fertilizers, herbicides, fungicides, pesticides and now genetic
manipulation of the crops.

India was one of the richest countries in the world, not because of its gold, diamonds or rubies, but
because of its bio-mass. In India they could grow anything because of wonderful temperature,
wonderful climate, the moisture and the warmth. That was the secret of India’s legendary wealth.
India has been an agro-based economy since time immemorial. Cow has been an integral part
(backbone) of its agriculture.

Humanity's increasing demands are exceeding the Earth's carrying capacity. Modern agriculture
causes topsoil to be eroded at 3 million tons per hour.

To maintain our comfort zone lifestyles we will soon need five earths to sustain us in the style to
which we have become accustomed.

Industries deplete all resources, human, environmental and natural. Industries are a short run drama
and a drama doesn’t last very long

Cows are the greatest natural resource. They eat only grass --which grows everywhere--and
generates more power than all of the generating plants in developing countries. They also produce
fuel, fertilizer, and nutrition 116 in abundance. Many developing countries run on bullock power. In
India, some 15 million bullock carts move approximately 15 billion tons of goods across the nation.

Dung is more valuable than gold, jewels and fossil fuels.

Bullocks not only pull heavy loads, but also grind the sugarcane and turn the oil presses.

A tractor consumes diesel, creates pollution, doesn't eat grass nor produces dung for manure.

Even Albert Einstein, in a letter to Sir CV Raman, wrote: "Tell the people of India, that if they want to
survive and show the world path to survive, then they should forget about tractor and preserve their
ancient tradition of ploughing."

Many organic farmers are reviving age old practices of cow dung 123 Cow And Farming In A Low-
Energy Future Capitalism Communism & Cowism A New Economics For The 21st Century fertilizers
and cow urine pesticides. Popularly known as ‘zero-budget farming’, it is being practiced on
thousands of acres across India with great success. When nourished by mother cow, soil remains
fertile for thousands and millions of years but when scorched by chemicals, it dies in 3-4 decades

India has more than 6,00,000 villages, many which do not have asphalted motorable roads. In hilly
regions where even a horse cannot tread, oxen can pull their carts with ease. Boasting of the largest
rail road network of the world, Indian Railways transported 55.7 crore tons of goods in 2004-05. In
the same year, the humble ox cart transported 278.5 crore tons. In the same year, trains moved
511.2 crore passengers while ox carts catered to 2044.8 crore passengers. Most importantly, the
carts do not produce air or sound pollution and there are no accidents, even when the drivers dozes
off.

Cows return significant quantities of nutrients to pastures through dung and urine. Up to 65% of the
phosphorus (P) eaten in the diet is returned in faeces while approximately 11% and 79% of the
consumed potassium (K) is returned in dung and urine respectively (Haynes and Williams, 1993).
These nutrients contribute to soil fertility.

a letter of Lord MCLau , a British colonial dated February 2, 1835. “I have traveled across the length
and breath of India and I have not seen one person who is a beggar, who is a thief, such wealth I
have seen in this country, such high moral values, people of such caliber (of noble character), that I
do not think we would ever conquer this country………..unless we break the very backbone of this
nation which is her spiritual and cultural heritage