https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-...gest-polluters
Full article at link(s).Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via Oilprice.com,
Within the next few decades, Big Meat and Big Dairy could surpass Big Oil as the world’s biggest climate polluters, a new study by non-profit GRAIN and the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) showed on Wednesday.
The world’s biggest animal protein producers could soon surpass ExxonMobil, Shell, and BP as the largest contributors to climate pollution, according to the study.
IATP and GRAIN jointly published the study that quantifies emissions from 35 of the world’s largest meat and dairy companies and reviews their plans to fight climate change.
The report found out that the five largest meat and dairy corporations combined - JBS, Tyson, Cargill, Dairy Farmers of America, and Fonterra - are already responsible for more annual greenhouse gas emissions than ExxonMobil, Shell, or BP. According to one figure in the report, the combined emissions of the top five companies are on par with those of Exxon and significantly higher than those of Shell or BP.
Moreover, the report also found that the combined emissions of the top 20 meat and dairy companies surpass the emissions from entire nations, such as Germany, Canada, Australia, the UK, or France.
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"The solution is simple.. electric cows."
Perhaps there is truth to this. Then again, considering their reputation, perhaps not.
I think the real question here to ask is "who benefits"? If we, as in you and I, could create an artificial crisis by Fearmongering, the way the people in power do, what kind of position would we have to be in to benefit? Its not always about money, but power. If the issue was pushed hard enough, would we be able to eventually get laws passed that prohibited people from consuming meat or dairy? Would we be able to make Milk Crimes? Would that open further doors to have Laws that control very specific details of peoples normal behavior by criminalizing normal behavior? Would we, again, you and I, be able to exploit this to make a buck off of it? Perhaps more power? How could we benefit, if we were to try to think like the Global Abusers do?
(I also wasnt really sure where to post this thread...)
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