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I'm saying that global demand for cheap meat (lead by both China and the west) is the actual cause for the ongoing deforestation, as the forest is being cleared
by vfc1 7y ago
I'm saying that global demand for cheap meat (lead by both China and the west) is the actual cause for the ongoing deforestation, as the forest is being cleared to produce cattle feed.
And this is something hardly mentioned in the news at all, by whatever reason.
The trade wars with China have made things a bit worst recently, as there is more demand for brasilian soy.
The main responsibility for me lies with the consumers of the final product (meat), because they are driving the demand.
But OK it's not just the west after all, it's mostly the west and China, but really any nation that is importing cattle feed from Brasil is sponsoring the deforestation, it's a global thing.
- endorphone 7y agoIt isn't the West at all beyond the most marginal of imports to a small number of EU countries. That you are trying to eek out some sort of completely convoluted way that your incorrect claim was right is becoming some serious mental gymnastics. The West likes beef. The West overwhelmingly makes and feeds internally, having nothing to do with the Amazon rainforests. Will you now argue that the West is to blame because it doesn't make enough for itself and China? If you argued that palm oil production was a factor you'd have some basis, but you are entirely and completely off base with these claims about beef.
- vfc1 7y agoYou know well that there are a lot more crops other than soy being planted, it's obviously much more complicated than that. Do you have any doubt that a lot of the products produced directly or indirectly as a result of the deforestation are being sold mostly to the richest countries in the world that can afford it?