usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to Green - An environmentalist community @lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-22 months agoSwitching to plant-based diets means cleaner air – and it could save more than 200,000 human lives around the worldtheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1137arrow-down111cross-posted to: vegan@lemmy.world
arrow-up1126arrow-down1external-linkSwitching to plant-based diets means cleaner air – and it could save more than 200,000 human lives around the worldtheconversation.comusernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to Green - An environmentalist community @lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square25fedilinkcross-posted to: vegan@lemmy.world
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down30·2 months agoBut if people don’t eat the cows, then there will be more methane, ammonia, etc in the air. Seems to me we should be eating more meat to reduce the cow population. Either that, or convince the farmers to breed less cows. 🍔
minus-squareAIhasUse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up27arrow-down4·2 months agoEating less meat is exactly what encourages farmers to breed less cows.
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down7·2 months agoHave you ever met a farmer? It’s like a fetish for many of them, to collect semen…
minus-squareDavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoThat’s true, but what does it have to do with cows?
minus-squarebloubz@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoHow are people in this century not understanding that humans produce animals for consumption and that eating animals’ meat does not come from a magical apparition. We don’t eat cows that are out there, we create cows for you to eat (under 4 years)
But if people don’t eat the cows, then there will be more methane, ammonia, etc in the air.
Seems to me we should be eating more meat to reduce the cow population. Either that, or convince the farmers to breed less cows.
🍔
Eating less meat is exactly what encourages farmers to breed less cows.
Have you ever met a farmer? It’s like a fetish for many of them, to collect semen…
That’s true, but what does it have to do with cows?
How are people in this century not understanding that humans produce animals for consumption and that eating animals’ meat does not come from a magical apparition. We don’t eat cows that are out there, we create cows for you to eat (under 4 years)
Omnivore logic.