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Hi, I am curious if this diatribe is based on the knowledge of the ratio of food production to Dutch population. Are you aware of how much food NL exports when

Hi, I am curious if this diatribe is based on the knowledge of the ratio of food production to Dutch population. Are you aware of how much food NL exports when thinking about the decision making of the aforementioned powerful elites?

scohesc 3y ago
Hey, I wouldn't consider it diatribe - just general observations. I don't know exactly how much food is exported, I don't know how much nitrogen is emitted. Neither does anybody else unless they pay for access to the article or look it up in external sources, let alone be educated enough to interpret the data. I know that there's people starving right now in third world countries due to lack of supply or high cost of food. There's also a rising number of people starving in first world countries that can't afford to eat or are relying on food banks. There's an active conflict in a country that exports large amounts of grain for world consumption. It just seems very short-sighted to cut back on food production when there's likely other ways to limit nitrogen emissions - in any capacity. I'm coming from a western American/Canadian background of politics, where a majority of our representatives almost completely align with corporate interests instead of the individual. Maybe things are different in the Netherlands. I would hope that generational farming knowledge doesn't get lost by buying out these farmers. I don't like how governments have the power/rights to buy-out farmers and their land (at least, that's what I'm assuming, because I can't read the article, and it's similar to what's been proposed in other countries looking at pushing similar ideas).
Bran_son 3y ago
Exported food is eaten, not burned. Hunger won't stop at borders - it's how the war in Ukraine is making food everywhere more expensive.

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Hi, I am curious if this diatribe is based on the knowledge of the ratio of food production to Dutch population. Are you aware of how much food NL exports when

by hezralig 3y ago

scohesc 3y ago
Hey, I wouldn't consider it diatribe - just general observations. I don't know exactly how much food is exported, I don't know how much nitrogen is emitted. Neither does anybody else unless they pay for access to the article or look it up in external sources, let alone be educated enough to interpret the data. I know that there's people starving right now in third world countries due to lack of supply or high cost of food. There's also a rising number of people starving in first world countries that can't afford to eat or are relying on food banks. There's an active conflict in a country that exports large amounts of grain for world consumption. It just seems very short-sighted to cut back on food production when there's likely other ways to limit nitrogen emissions - in any capacity. I'm coming from a western American/Canadian background of politics, where a majority of our representatives almost completely align with corporate interests instead of the individual. Maybe things are different in the Netherlands. I would hope that generational farming knowledge doesn't get lost by buying out these farmers. I don't like how governments have the power/rights to buy-out farmers and their land (at least, that's what I'm assuming, because I can't read the article, and it's similar to what's been proposed in other countries looking at pushing similar ideas).
Bran_son 3y ago
Exported food is eaten, not burned. Hunger won't stop at borders - it's how the war in Ukraine is making food everywhere more expensive.