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Nitrogen emissions are mostly caused by cattle, in particular cows. Beef, milk and cheese might be more expensive due to these measures, but cheaper, more susta
by evandijk70 4y ago
Nitrogen emissions are mostly caused by cattle, in particular cows. Beef, milk and cheese might be more expensive due to these measures, but cheaper, more sustainable food (vegetarian food/chicken/egss) would not be affected by the proposed measures.
- juujian 4y agoGood point. And the price of these goods--beef in particular--is completely decoupled from the disproportionate damage it causes. If it was air pollution, we would call it a market failure.
- fnordpiglet 4y agoHave you ever tried to milk a chicken though? Let me tell you, it’s frustrating and painful work, for both parties.
- jessekv 4y agoIt's worse with pigs...
- peterashford 4y agoMilking oats is super easy, OTOH
- pipodeclown 4y agoAnd to add to this: The Netherlands is currently a huge meat producers while being a relatively small country with very high population density. In fact, 75% of dutch meat production is exported. This has therefore nothing to do with compromising Dutch food security and everything to do with Large cattle feed producers in the Netherlands fighting (with a lot of money and donations I might add) to not loose a very lucrative market. Unfortunately from a public perception perspective they have a very easy and convincing story to tell: the story of the hardworking dutch farmer working day and night to put food on the table of Dutch society!
- t0mas88 4y agoExactly. And they hard working poor farmer is in reality a big multi-million euro company that's doing a lot of pollution. They managed to lobby and gaslight so much that non-farmers believe the stories and vote for them. Which is crazy... People would not be protesting and voting to help Shell, while they're similarly trying to make a lot of money by destroying the environment.