All 10 of the largest U.S. meat and dairy companies have lobbied against environmental and climate policies, resisting climate regulations, including rules on greenhouse gases and emissions reporting. This is according to a study by New York University, which examined the political influence of the 10 largest meat and dairy companies in the United States.
Grassfed Cattle needs an infeasible amount of land. The only efficient or environmentally ‘friendly’ way would be substituting them with plant-based alternatives. Cows obviously are not the problems. It’s us humans who breed them for the sole purpose of exploiting them when there are other, greener and more eithical alternatives
Edit: here a very informative video addressing most of the arguments in favor of grass-fed livestock
Edit 2: Another one by the same creator about regenerative grazing
You would expect conservatives to give a fuck about efficient use of resources but to them, being filthy rich is an efficient market too
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I have yet to see an assessment of the carbon footprint of lab-grown meat. It might be so energy-intensive that it is not a viable substitute.
Ex-ante life cycle assessment of commercial-scale cultivated meat production in 2030
This study concludes that the carbon footprint is much lower for cultivated meat when it is mass produced.
Environmental Impacts of Cultured Meat Production
Another one coming to a similar conclusion.
Good to know. Although I’m not sure how you can predict the carbon footprint if it is done at large commercial scale, especially without assessing where it is getting the energy from.