CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoIn this red state, cattle ranchers are fuming. They blame Trump.www.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square36linkfedilinkarrow-up1220arrow-down14
arrow-up1216arrow-down1external-linkIn this red state, cattle ranchers are fuming. They blame Trump.www.usatoday.comCharlesDarwin@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square36linkfedilink
minus-squareBrgor@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 days agoI’m not. Fuck cattle ranchers. That’s like being sad for oil execs. The beef industry is responsible for 14% of greenhouse gas emissions globally. https://worldmetrics.org/sustainability-in-the-beef-industry-statistics/
minus-squarehoppeduponcoffee@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-210 days agoAlso for the wholesale rape, murder, torture and imprisonment of billions of sensitive, intelligent creatures who’d much prefer to live freely. 70% of ag land is used for ranching. Imagine how much we could rewild as a carbon sink if we undid all of this mess.
I’m not. Fuck cattle ranchers. That’s like being sad for oil execs.
The beef industry is responsible for 14% of greenhouse gas emissions globally.
https://worldmetrics.org/sustainability-in-the-beef-industry-statistics/
Also for the wholesale rape, murder, torture and imprisonment of billions of sensitive, intelligent creatures who’d much prefer to live freely.
70% of ag land is used for ranching. Imagine how much we could rewild as a carbon sink if we undid all of this mess.