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The white man!? There is a global question of high meat consumption.
by FredPret 5y ago
The white man!? There is a global question of high meat consumption.
- philwelch 5y agoThe white man destroyed sustainable ecosystems around the world, many of which had extremely high levels of meat consumption by indigenous people, and replaced them with unsustainable, industrialized meat production. That is the only reason “high meat consumption” is a question in the first place.
- Jensson 5y agoWestern meat production isn't unsustainable, at least not the one run in Europe. If the production method used in USA is unsustainable then it is only because you have so much space that you have more environment to ruin, if it looked like Europe where you don't have more nature to ruin you'd adapt meat production to become sustainable. It makes meat a bit more expensive in Europe but people still happily pay and eat it.
- bscphil 5y ago> Western meat production isn't unsustainable, at least not the one run in Europe. More land is used to raise animals for consumption in the UK than exists in the UK. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E6XE2_qVUAAPuOg?format=png&name=4096x4096 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E6XE2_qVUAAPuOg?format=png&name=...
- Jensson 5y agoI don't see the problem? UK is a densely populated island. Mainland Europe has way more land, it makes sense for them to import. Or do you argue that UK shouldn't eat meat since they don't have enough land for it while mainland Europe can eat meat just fine since they do have that land? We trade between nations for precisely this reason!
- philwelch 5y agoWell, in that case there’s no reason to bother with lab grown meat in the first place.