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_aavaa_yesterday at 6:50 PM2 repliesview on HN

It’s hard for the market to decide on its own when the environmental damage of meat production is left as an unpriced externality and when government subsidies are handed out like candy.


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irishcoffeeyesterday at 8:34 PM

Pretty sure the western US states are in a water shortage because they grow almonds et. al. In places that were not meant to be agricultural, importing water, fucking up the entire ecosystem of the region and causing massive water shortages, and massive environmental damage.

But yeah, we can keep focusing on the farting cows, that’s the problem.

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tracker1yesterday at 7:19 PM

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