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Forget about the car, many people have a company car and they're mostly EVs due to tax incentives. The real story with the farmers is that there are 3 very lar
by t0mas88 3y ago
Forget about the car, many people have a company car and they're mostly EVs due to tax incentives.
The real story with the farmers is that there are 3 very large farming companies responsible for more emissions than all traffic in the country combined. That's close to 10x more emissions than the whole aviation industry. These are billion euro+ sized businesses, with a huge environmental impact. They pay PR firms to paint these "small farmer" stories while they're just large industrial polluters.
The main person for the political "farmers party" has a long history of being deeply involved with these companies. She's basically their lobbyist.
Example: Van Drie Group, over 3 billion revenue last year from veal. In Dutch, but a bit more background here: https://www.groene.nl/artikel/het-merk-boer https://www.groene.nl/artikel/het-merk-boer