RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net · 1 year agoWhat would happen if everyone stopped eating meat tomorrow?grist.orgexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down111
arrow-up143arrow-down1external-linkWhat would happen if everyone stopped eating meat tomorrow?grist.orgRvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net · 1 year agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squarebunkyprewster@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·1 year agoCattle herders threaten to let 2 million cattle run wild.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netMlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoRealistically, an end to meat eating would involve eating the cattle herd in one last BBQ before we stop.
minus-squarespatialdestiny@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoBut look what happened to all the horse carriage sellers in the 1920’s. They’re (probably) all dead. You can’t threaten the live(lihood)s of the cattle ranchers like that.
minus-squarejet@hackertalks.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agohttps://www.researchgate.net/figure/United-States-Farm-based-Horse-Population-1850-2007_fig1_254456029 25 million horses to 3 million horses over the course of 40 years. Wasn’t a great deal for the horses themselves.
Cattle herders threaten to let 2 million cattle run wild.
Realistically, an end to meat eating would involve eating the cattle herd in one last BBQ before we stop.
But look what happened to all the horse carriage sellers in the 1920’s. They’re (probably) all dead. You can’t threaten the live(lihood)s of the cattle ranchers like that.
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/United-States-Farm-based-Horse-Population-1850-2007_fig1_254456029
25 million horses to 3 million horses over the course of 40 years.
Wasn’t a great deal for the horses themselves.
Lol. I got the reference!