CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months 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 · 2 months agomessage-square36linkfedilink
minus-squareExtremeDullard@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 months agoWell, they voted for him. So ya know, I’m only mildly heartbroken…
minus-squareBrgor@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months 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-up3·2 months 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.
Well, they voted for him. So ya know, I’m only mildly heartbroken…
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.