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> Instead of boosting their economies by importing stuff from those countries we kill their exports with subsidized local produce and then spend a lot on develo
by WastingMyTime89 3y ago
> Instead of boosting their economies by importing stuff from those countries we kill their exports with subsidized local produce and then spend a lot on development aid.
I think a key takeaway from the pandemic is that you don’t want to be reliant of import from strategic ressources and food is priority number one.
European subsidies are mostly going to France which is a huge wheat producer.
Farming is an area where I can predict there are going to be a lot of tension in the EU between ecological ambition and the cold reality of having to feed everyone.
- ZeroGravitas 3y agoEU Farming subsidies and ecological ambition are a near perfect fit. Just politics gets in the way as usual. But as the climate deniers power wanes it's a powerful tool ready to be used for good.
- psiops 3y agoIt'll be a lot easier to feed everyone if we grow food for humans rather than cattle.
- mihaic 3y agoIt seems that optimal calorie output from all our available land involves some intermediary animals that eat whatever humans can't eat. I agree we're raising far too many cattle, but just wanted to point out it's not very simple.
- aziaziazi 3y agoDepends how you define « optimum ». For IPCC it’s GHG mitigation and the vegan diet beats them all, while « all diets needs to provide full complement of nutritional quality, including micronutrients ». https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/sites/4/2022/11/SRCCL_Chapter_5.pdf https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/sites/4/2022/11/SRCC... (Page 488) Edit : translate giec to ipcc