Articles like this assure me that human beings are probably going to self-destruct, and we deserve it, and are laughing about it all the way to the grave.

d.r.v.h., dallas, tx,u.s.a.

Or we could eat cars. There's plenty of them to go round.

Warren, Shanghai,

Good point JenJam, or I as like to think, if God hadn't meant us to eat animals, then why did He make them out of meat?

Nigel, Bishops Stortford, Herts

Brilliant article. I was quite humored. I just had to get the wife to read it too. If we start eating each other, she'd like Brad Pitt, and I'd like Katerina Witt.

Tom, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

As an Australian, I come from possibly the only country in the world that eats it's national emblems (kangaroo & emu), and I couldn't agree with Jeremy more on his views.

After all, if we'd been meant to be vegeterains, then why does meat taste so bloody good, eh?

JenJam, Perth, Australia

I totally agree with him. as we know that, the fat in one's body plays an imporant role, although it does bad for your health if you have too much.and there is little fat in the vegetables.if you insist on eating the vegetables rather than eating the meat, there will be disorder inside your body.

TING GAO, stoke-on-trent, ENGLAND

Look at the fat society in the US, they are being fed propaganda about drugs/prescriptions, GMO foods on their shelves, and an overwhelming problem with obesity. Milk is full of hormones and antibiotics. Raw food is looking like a better alternative, but whales? Now that is just plain silly.

Sandra, Herenthar, US

Mr Clarkson, you are a breath of fresh air in a stinky world.
I live in the U.S. and as a commoner from the colonies I enjoy your wit and ascerbic point of view. Don't ever go soft.
Terry, Phoenix, Arizona

Terry W, Phoenix, Arizona/USA

You are mellowing, Clarkson. I used to keep one of your particularly galling articles in my drawer to re-read in case of hypotension. It doesn't work any more and it's not because my blood pressure has increased with age. You are simply going soft, Jeremy. First, you caved in to the diesel lobby and now this: "Maybe man is causing the world to warm...". You'll be joining Sustainable Charlbury next.

Lars, Charlbury,

The problem is part of the solution -- cannibalism.

Jeff Myhre, New York City, USA

Haha. All very funny once again. But you have to admit. not ALL vegans and veggies have horrid breath.

My friend's a veggie and she doesnt. But she makes sure she has protein in the form of beans etc, which I'm sure is the same as Joshua.

Though the idiots who choose this lifestyle and dont bother to look up alternate ways of keeping healthy with it do deserve to be ridiculed. and to this I'm sure Joshua would agree

=)

Sarah, Glasgow,

You know what Jezza, for the first time, after reading all of your books and most of your columns, I disagree with your observations. I do agree that in general, symbiosis with man is a good thing for an animal at this present historical moment (Yeast, Yaks and Pigs for instance) but some creatures, symbols of conservation as they are, deserve special treatment. I don't agree with the ideology of environmentalism entirely, but I would like to think my children will be able to witness at least some of the wonders of the natural world without an accompanying David Attenborough narrative.

Charles Gray, London, UK

Dear Jeremy

I think the obvious solution, if we have to resort to eating each other, presented itself a few years ago when I recall some kind of world map being published with Wales completely missing. If you think about it, the rest of the world has no idea Wales exists so if we are to eat each other, surely we should start with the people of Wales? We could work our way through the "country" freeing up land and solving housing and agricultural problems as we go. There will be no international ramifications as the rest of the world aren't aware the place exists anyway. We would have to live with our consciences but I think that is a price worth paying.

Secondly, with reference to Joshua from Philly, I am convinced he has very polite friends.

Simon, Nottingham, England

If I didnt already agree with absoloutely everything you say, then i definately do now...I want to eat blue whale for supper, garnished with the ears of a panda and the left wing of a juicy great bustard..yum..Jeremy Clarkson...LEGEND!!

Ashleigh Stewart, Melbourne, Australia

Nothing smells as noxious as decomposing protein.

student, Oxford, UK

Dear Jeremy,
I think that your words sum up about how the world is working "When there’s a quid to be made, pandas will be having babies with the regularity of hens and you won’t be able to go to the shops for all the leopards you’ll meet on the way." congratulations, at last someone had the guts to say the truth!!!

Stamatis, Athens, Greece

Dear Jeremy Clarkson

I am a 26 year old vegan and I can whip you in a boxing meet. Just say the word, and I can fly at my own expense to the UK. You may choose the rules, the referee, and the ring. My only condition is that The Times videoblogs this delightful savagery.

I don't normally pick a fight, but when you suggest that my ethics imply I cannot run up a flight of stairs, I am compelled to answer you in the most unambiguous manner.

Also, sir, I have many blunt and acerbic friends, but not a one has complained about my breath. I am very willing to put it up to a double-blind survey, after you and I each have consumed our meals of choice. I don't imagine that mine will be sexy and scrumptious, but I'm sure it will fare no worse than yours.

Joshua, Philly,

If half the world's population ate the other half, it would solve all the problems. Now, who's first?

Sam Tana, Preston, UK

Reluctant as I am to be prosy Jeremy, the Romans got their before you with your idea about chopping down the Amazon & turning it over to agriculture. They did it in Africa & ended up creating the Sahara. Doh!

Victoria, London, UK

Poor Jezza, he's become the very person he once ranted about.The breeding people carrier driving cardigan wearing think of the children apparently eco aware but with a footprint the size of a small town.
Keep watching it unfold Jeremy, you havn't seen anything yet.

Paul, Nelson, New Zealand

Rest assured Jeremy, there will always be fish fingers available for the millionaires of Chipping Norton.
"It takes 1,790 litres of water to grow 1kg of wheat. But 9,680 litres to produce 1kg of cow."... but only in America (if and) where the wheat is irrigated, (perhaps you meant 'corn' which is maize) and the beef is raised in feed-lots where it is fed irrigated corn.
"One solution is to burn the entire Amazon rainforest and turn this rich and fertile place into the world’s pantry.".. oh that this were so. Tropical fertility is deceptive. Almost all the nutrients are locked up in the biomass, so you burn the forest, grow crops for a couple of years and the tropical rain and heat ensure any remaining fertility is released in decomposition and washed away.. so no answer there either.
Food / fuel production will go where the money is and Smith's "invisible hand" will sort out the balance between filling Jezza's stomach and filling his many cars.

Fear not, only the poor will suffer.

Paolo Bagarino, Roma, Italia

There's a serious point in there somewhere, which I think goes against the mandate a bit, but let's build on those for a sec. Those millions of hungry Chinese won't get the food because their government will lend money to America so Americans can still outpay Chinese brick delivery staff (or whatever the other billion Chinese do). Africa has already joined the "eat anything" brigade because Spanish fisherman have stripped the coastal waters of West Africa and the Taiwanese have done the same on the East coast. There's already a tradition here. Of course, the real issue is population, and what we really need to do is pop off about 5 billion people - George Bush and Dick Cheney are well ahead of us on that, and Dick has also gone a step further in the quest for alternative nutrition and has started eating babies. About 150 years ago we think. George would eat babies, but he can't open the can. All of which means that we'll be fine, as long as we're beastly.

Eric, London,