I’ve read in an Article that meat production causes a lot of co² emission. Now I was wondering if we stopped eating meat completely, would that be sufficient to get under the threshhold of emissions what the planet can process? What is that threshold? Where are we now? How much does meat add to this?
That’s backwards.
People select what to buy from a list of things offered. I want a rabbit sandwich. Stores only sell pig, cow, and chicken. Of course it’s going to look like everyone likes pig cow and chicken.
I want an electric car under $30k. I want a phone that isn’t made by children.
“But if enough people want it the market will provide” - ignores everything about barriers to entry and greed.
I also believe that the marketing complex adds a lot of bias to the scene here. if you’re being brainwashed/hypnotized into wanting chicken sandwiches and then buy it, you can’t really say it was your choice, no?. i think people often forget how much money is pumped in commercials, and thats not because “sales go up a bit”. I truly think marketing has gotten to a point where we should regulate it.
I consume almost no advertising. I can’t remember the last time I saw an ad for a chicken sandwich. But I still want chicken sandwiches, because they are deliscious.
A person wants a rabbit sandwich, no one’s gonna offer it. If people want rabbit sandwiches, they would be sold.
If, over the course of some time, people reduced their meat consumption by 25%, do you think meat companies would continue to raise and slaughter the same number of animals or would they reduce their stock to match what was being purchased?
You don’t need to wait for trust busting or regulation to consume less meat. You can do it today, of your own will.
I don’t believe that. The market is only good at meeting needs that make a certain amount of profit. Automation and tooling have forced us into a box that prevents interesting alternatives. Also, we’ve been programmed to be against some of those alternatives.
I’m already vegetarian, so I agree. But again, we’re talking about me buying things that are available. There are alternatives to meat, of course. Eating beef is completely unconcible. But a reasonable society would be investing heavily in lab grown beef to protect the environment. We aren’t. The profit isn’t there.