RE: Saturated Fat Controversy
November 9, 2019 at 10:21 am
(This post was last modified: November 9, 2019 at 10:26 am by The Grand Nudger.)
-unto the end of days, lol.
So, lets recap.
CO2, at appropriate concentrations, is known to produce disorientation, and then unconsciousness. Done properly, the animal doesn't even know that it's happening. If rendering livestock unconscious before you slaughter it is not "humane enough" for you, then you're not actually making any argument about humane slaughter. A disingenuous objection is no objection at all.
Any drawdown in production would, invariably, hurt those people employed by that industry. Human beings don't compete with cattle for food. They compete with other human beings for food. The majority of grain fed to livestock is not grown for or fit for human consumption, and the majority of land used to produce feed grain is not suitable for the production of alternatives -for- human consumption. Further, if the grain were not grown to feed livestock..it simply would not be grown at all, full stop. No one would continue to grow a crop with no market, and the producers of the world aren't running some sort of redistributive charity to save the starving masses.
Finally, and this draws both topics together, criticism of a poor model is not criticism of livestock production as a whole. It doesn't have to be done in that particular way, and, in fact, there is no end to alternative models designed specifically to address those concerns. If you're uncomfortable with the way that animals live or meet their end, or with the environmental effects of production...then buy the product from someone who is similarly concerned, or not at all. Ethical producers would love to have your business. It's not easy to compete with the battery model.
So, lets recap.
CO2, at appropriate concentrations, is known to produce disorientation, and then unconsciousness. Done properly, the animal doesn't even know that it's happening. If rendering livestock unconscious before you slaughter it is not "humane enough" for you, then you're not actually making any argument about humane slaughter. A disingenuous objection is no objection at all.
Any drawdown in production would, invariably, hurt those people employed by that industry. Human beings don't compete with cattle for food. They compete with other human beings for food. The majority of grain fed to livestock is not grown for or fit for human consumption, and the majority of land used to produce feed grain is not suitable for the production of alternatives -for- human consumption. Further, if the grain were not grown to feed livestock..it simply would not be grown at all, full stop. No one would continue to grow a crop with no market, and the producers of the world aren't running some sort of redistributive charity to save the starving masses.
Finally, and this draws both topics together, criticism of a poor model is not criticism of livestock production as a whole. It doesn't have to be done in that particular way, and, in fact, there is no end to alternative models designed specifically to address those concerns. If you're uncomfortable with the way that animals live or meet their end, or with the environmental effects of production...then buy the product from someone who is similarly concerned, or not at all. Ethical producers would love to have your business. It's not easy to compete with the battery model.
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