RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net · 1 年前What would happen if everyone stopped eating meat tomorrow?grist.orgexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up155arrow-down111
arrow-up144arrow-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 年前message-square25fedilink
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netMlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 年前Realistically, an end to meat eating would involve eating the cattle herd in one last BBQ before we stop.
minus-squarespatialdestiny@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 年前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.
minus-squarejet@hackertalks.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 年前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.
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.