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Considering how much of Scotland was forcibly converted into pasture for English mutton and wool, this is hilarious. Interesting definition of "damage", because
by quantified 4y ago
Considering how much of Scotland was forcibly converted into pasture for English mutton and wool, this is hilarious. Interesting definition of "damage", because sprawl of housing lowers biodiversity more.
Feedlots are far more damaging. Virtually all damage from animal-raising is due to the number of people eating these quantities of meat. Antibiotic-resistant pathogens are a damage we get from intensive meat-raising, and I think even the author of this piece might have to adjust their world view to sleep well while daily observing a US feedlot.
Fewer people, eating less meat overall, is how you reduce damages.
- melling 4y agoWorld population in 1970 was 3.7 billion. Today it’s 8 billion. It appears to feed more people we need a lot more farmland. For example, “we” need to burn the Amazon forests for farmland. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/why-brazilian-farmers-are-burning-the-rainforest--and-why-its-difficult-for-bolsonaro-to-stop-them/2019/09/05/3be5fb92-ca72-11e9-9615-8f1a32962e04_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/why-brazil...