so can we not recycle paper..?
or plant more trees from sustainable forests not rainforest.
again it seems that anyattempt to find a solution falls back on the
A) cost NOW
B) standard (aka profitable ) practice
Not disputing that the point made IS relative,
@Listlad
But if we don't look beyond what we do NOW, and find alternatives, all with their own issues,
then we just do nothing.
or in this case, simply move the deckchairs around on the titanic in the misguided idea we are doing 'something'
Because or all the efforts we do as individuals, are dwarfed by corporations and countries running rough shod over those ideals
So lets have ideas that are sensible, thought out and not just knee jerk reactions
Op reports about meat being demonised and we should all go veggie.
i love animals..and yes i eat the meat.
so does my wife ..and doesn't ...if she can.
But i always say to her, if we didn't use an animal horse, donkey etc.
would that farmer/owner just have it destroyed. ?
It costs money to look after a dairy herd or sheep.
once the profit margin goes, then will anyone still want to have them
will anyone still want to pay to feed them
and sure we'll still use them for milk..really.?
what if farmers decide that's not profitable?
then we are ALL back to almond milks etc..not entirely bad, but is that really best for us as a species?
and then we are into the Frankenfoods, to replace the stuff we have now in our diets and need..and be sure someone will make it,
Do not forget that they TOLD us the way we ate last year and since (1980 i believe) was the best we could hope for,
safe and nutritious and good for us.
Yet here we are
ALL on a forum about food that is killing us, trying desperately to find a way of eating that delays or stops the very foods they told us was good for us, destroying our bodies, bite by bite of the very foods THEY say we SHOULD eat.
and lets NOT forget the humongous obesity problem now and heading our way in the future, now add in the Tsunami many predict, ..the NFLD crisis, that predate that tsunami, that is currently running at 20% of the worlds population
THAT all tells me, we dabble with nature at our peril
is it entirely unlikely given the aforementioned, that we could, in years to come be taking our kids to a zoo to show them what a horse, cow, sheep looks like
or even worse..opening a web page with pictures..
i'm sure many are right... it is all terribly horribly.
but a measured response to an issue, something eminently practical, usually has the best outcome
and avoids the unintended consequences of drastic, actions not thought through to encompass every eventuality
is there a cost..sure.
but either way we or our kids will pay the price.
better to stand back and make wise decisions then rush forwards with what seems most cost effective
or popular right now.