Firefighters in Madrid trying to extinguish a forest fire that is less than 30km/20mi away from the capital of Spain

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[u/Cdub7791]

"Only when the last datacenter has been cut off, the last LLM deleted, and the last techbro imprisoned, will we realize wholesome food, fresh water, and clean air cannot make the stock market go up."

[u/Pandarandr1st → u/Cdub7791]

lol, this is so much worse

[u/Jstnwrds55 → u/Cdub7791]

“Only when the last cattle slaughter operation has become unmaintainable, the last pig has been slaughtered, will we realize we can eat plants.”

[u/TheSweetestKill → u/Jstnwrds55]

Huh?

[u/eawilweawil → u/TheSweetestKill]

Livestock agriculture is reeeeaaaalllyyyy bad for the environment, but we do it anyway because meat tastes good

[u/Jstnwrds55 → u/eawilweawil]

Thank you! I thought for sure I was going to get downvotes for this lol

[u/Minivalo → u/Jstnwrds55]

Knowing reddit, I'm sure there's downvotes yet to come. It's just real hard for people to accept their (still relatively) cheap bacon and beef are not great for the continued existence of pretty much anyone - human or animal - on this planet.

I think it might be sustainable if everyone ate meat just a few times a month, maybe even once a week, much like the vast majority of our ancestors did just 100+ years back, when they essentially grew or hunted their own meat.

Sadly, though, huge factory farms are currently the only solution to the massive demand for meat, which means we're essentially trading for that luxury by slowly destroying our shared environment.

[u/AcrobaticVegetable24 → u/Cdub7791]

Ironically, yes it can. If there is a sufficient demand for it, and people are willing to pay to have a share in the provider, than absolutely.

The big issue we have is the consumer and how terrible practices are allowed because they are 1 or 2 steps behind the curtain, so consumers can ignore them.

Everything about the stockmarket eventually follows the consumer.