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You make it sound like Brazilian beef is some little boutique thing. We don't eat much of it in the US because we are a giant beef producer ourselves, but Brazi
by DennisP 5y ago
You make it sound like Brazilian beef is some little boutique thing. We don't eat much of it in the US because we are a giant beef producer ourselves, but Brazil is the world's largest beef exporter, by a significant margin.
https://www.statista.com/chart/19122/biggest-exporters-of-beef/ https://www.statista.com/chart/19122/biggest-exporters-of-be...
- throwaway894345 5y agoThe parent seemed to be pretty clearly focusing on the US. I don’t think the idea was that the US experience extrapolates to allot most countries.
- bamboozled 5y agoHe’s just saying that if you’re an American, you probably don’t have much hand in the destruction of the rain forrest via consumption.
- DennisP 5y agoI'm not convinced even that's true. We eat a lot of beef. If we didn't, our beef producers would export a lot more, and there'd be less global demand for beef from Brazil. The only way that's not true is if Brazilian exports are significantly cheaper than American, but as the above poster mentioned, American beef producers are pretty efficient.