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Because if you eat beef, you have cow skin also. And cow bones. And cow entrails. And you have two choices of what to do with it: make leather with the skin or
by xyzzy21 5y ago
Because if you eat beef, you have cow skin also. And cow bones. And cow entrails. And you have two choices of what to do with it: make leather with the skin or throw it into a landfill.
I'm 100% OK with leather for shoes, chairs, wallets, car interiors, etc. Because throwing it away is wasting it.
And I like beef. I raise steers to eat them. I'm not going to stop. I will NEVER become vegetarian, let along vegan.
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- rhn_mk1 5y agoSkin doesn't become leather for free. Throwing it into the landfill is less resource intensive than turning it into leather, and possibly has a lower environmental impact. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanning_(leather)#Health_and_environmental_impact https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanning_(leather)#Health_and_e... So you're not giving an insightful answer for why it's used instead of something else.
- thefounder 5y ago>> has a lower environmental impact. Did you consider the new interior of the car as well in the environment impact?
- rhn_mk1 5y agoThat's a valid thing to consider, but what I wanted to address is that leather is not an obvious choice.