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To say it requires many acres to be chopped down is a stretch.
by VBprogrammer 7y ago
To say it requires many acres to be chopped down is a stretch.
- magduf 7y agoNo, it's not a stretch, because that's literally what they're doing in the Amazon right now. They're razing enormous swathes of forest so that they can grow more cows.
- yellowapple 7y agoJust because Brazilians are burning down their rainforest to raise cows doesn't actually mean they need to burn down their rainforest to raise cows. They could resort to, say, factory farming, in which case the cow will require far less space because it's trapped in a tiny enclosure.
- VBprogrammer 7y agoYeah. And that's bad. But it's not required to raise beef. See for example British and Irish beef.
- magduf 7y agoYes, but the worldwide beef demand keeps growing, and places like Britain and Ireland are likely tapped out, so now operations are expanding elsewhere. Your comments is like saying "we don't have to do fracking!", when the answer is, yes, you do, to satisfy the ever-growing demand for oil.