RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net · 10 months agoWhat would happen if everyone stopped eating meat tomorrow?grist.orgexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-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 · 10 months agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netMlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·10 months agoRealistically, an end to meat eating would involve eating the cattle herd in one last BBQ before we stop.
minus-squarespatialdestiny@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months 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-up2·10 months 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.
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.