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Vegans are in there primarily for the ethics (climate or health reasons usually are secondary). In one way veganism is a boycott, not to pay for products that c
by cies 7y ago
Vegans are in there primarily for the ethics (climate or health reasons usually are secondary). In one way veganism is a boycott, not to pay for products that clearly require animal to be harmed. That leather piles up shows it's becoming less in demand, thus less valuable, thus animal farming becomes less profitable. Vegans rejoice.
- reaperducer 7y agoIsn't "vegan leather" just plastic? Doesn't pumping all that oil, a non-renewable resource, negate the ethics of not killing a cow, which is a renewable resoure? Or is this one of those cases where people latch onto one side of an issue, and can't see the other?
- superpermutat0r 7y agoIt can be from plant oil. Vegans also do not see cows as resource so the decision for them is clear as there is no negation and weighing.
- taffer 7y agoThe thing is that producing the same amount of leather releases orders of magnitude more toxic chemicals into the environment than producing the same amount of plastics.
- shhshahassa 7y agoThey're not a resource. They are a living creature.
- tlb 7y agoIt's only a few hundred grams of plastic from a slightly larger amount of oil. An amount of oil that might move your car a few miles, or heat your house for an hour. A pair of boots lasts years, so it's not the first place to cut back.
- neuralRiot 7y agoThere's also garments and products made with natural fibers like cotton, linen, hemp.
- cies 7y ago> negate the ethics For vegans: no. To remind you, it was believed by many early vegans (like before 1995) that being vegan would have a negative impact on their health — and they were still vegan! The understanding that a vegan diet can be perfectly healthy, and in many cases is more healthy than a typical omni diet, came fairly recent (like after 2000). So vegans will rarely trade ethics for some "benefits".