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My grandparents are mostly vegetarian, but not for religious or ethical reasons. I asked her about it, and she said that her parents used to raise pigs, and she

by calebm 2y ago

My grandparents are mostly vegetarian, but not for religious or ethical reasons. I asked her about it, and she said that her parents used to raise pigs, and she said she just couldn't get over the smell.

lizknope 2y ago
6 years ago I was driver from El Paso, Texas northwest on Interstate-10 I was running the air conditioning and after a few minutes I noticed a bad smell and then my eyes started burning. I saw tons of farms and cows for about 10 miles just to the west. The Rio Grande River literally goes in between with farms on both sides. Here's a link. https://maps.app.goo.gl/aRe98Eb2cm1ExjE58 https://maps.app.goo.gl/aRe98Eb2cm1ExjE58 I switched the air from "fresh" to "recirculate" but the smell was awful and my eyes kept burning. I finally got through it all and stopped at an exit and washed my eyes out with water for a few minutes. I don't know how people can live there. New Mexico Dairy Pollution Sparks 'Manure War' https://www.npr.org/2009/12/09/121173780/new-mexico-dairy-pollution-sparks-manure-war https://www.npr.org/2009/12/09/121173780/new-mexico-dairy-po... Advocacy group plans to fight mega farms in New Mexico https://sourcenm.com/briefs/advocacy-group-plans-to-fight-mega-farms-in-new-mexico/ https://sourcenm.com/briefs/advocacy-group-plans-to-fight-me... I'm a vegetarian too and I'm not trying to ban animal livestock but when the air is so bad and the ground water is polluted then I am in favor of restrictions on the size of farms and financial penalties for polluting.
- pstuart 2y ago
  Most people don't care, especially if it means cheap eats. Sad, isn't it?
- silisili 2y ago
  If my memory serves right, it's actually the Vado area in NM than El Paso proper. Whole city stinks to drive through, and on windy days(which is almost every day), your car gets peppered with dung filled straw blowing across the road. Truly cursed drive.

by calebm 2y ago

lizknope 2y ago

6 years ago I was driver from El Paso, Texas northwest on Interstate-10 I was running the air conditioning and after a few minutes I noticed a bad smell and then my eyes started burning. I saw tons of farms and cows for about 10 miles just to the west. The Rio Grande River literally goes in between with farms on both sides. Here's a link. https://maps.app.goo.gl/aRe98Eb2cm1ExjE58 https://maps.app.goo.gl/aRe98Eb2cm1ExjE58 I switched the air from "fresh" to "recirculate" but the smell was awful and my eyes kept burning. I finally got through it all and stopped at an exit and washed my eyes out with water for a few minutes. I don't know how people can live there. New Mexico Dairy Pollution Sparks 'Manure War' https://www.npr.org/2009/12/09/121173780/new-mexico-dairy-pollution-sparks-manure-war https://www.npr.org/2009/12/09/121173780/new-mexico-dairy-po... Advocacy group plans to fight mega farms in New Mexico https://sourcenm.com/briefs/advocacy-group-plans-to-fight-mega-farms-in-new-mexico/ https://sourcenm.com/briefs/advocacy-group-plans-to-fight-me... I'm a vegetarian too and I'm not trying to ban animal livestock but when the air is so bad and the ground water is polluted then I am in favor of restrictions on the size of farms and financial penalties for polluting.

pstuart 2y ago
Most people don't care, especially if it means cheap eats. Sad, isn't it?
silisili 2y ago
If my memory serves right, it's actually the Vado area in NM than El Paso proper. Whole city stinks to drive through, and on windy days(which is almost every day), your car gets peppered with dung filled straw blowing across the road. Truly cursed drive.