The great Irish cow massacre

[cromwell]

The Irish government is trying to persuade Irish farmers to get rid of up to 200,000 cows.

Why? In order to meet Ireland's "net zero" obligations. This is after the threatened compulsory purchasing of farms in the Netherlands, which has led to the creation of a new political party.

The masters of the world are indeed trying to do away with dairy and meat aren't they?

Pass me that yummy locust burger, I can't wait!

[Suff]

They're trying to get rid of just about all meat and force us into veg protein substitutes.

Jut wait till they work out that getting rid of 10m humans will be an even bigger cut in CO2 for the UK....

[Workingman]

Let's see. We get rid of the cows, so also their milk. That means we also lose cream, butter and cheeses. The price of those products will then go up - supply and demand.

The daftest thing is that cows and sheep are raised on grazing land; land that is not suitable for crops. Ah well, I suppose it leaves more room for onshore windmills and solar farms...

[Suff]

Hmmmm.

https://youtu.be/CXYg-qt4OCc

[Workingman]

My sister from another mother and her hubby run a small dairy herd just north of Gargrave in the Dales. Nothing much grows there apart from grass and the weed we know as rapeseed. They rotate the cows round their few fields so that one field is always available for hay cropping a couple of times a year to supplement their winter feed - the cows, not M & W. A lot of the hill land in Britain falls into this category.

As for precise fermentation (PF)... why? The end product has to be industrially super processed to make it look and taste like meat. It will be controlled and licensed by a few conglomerates... and they will fleece us, no doubt about that.

What I really do not understand about this forced move to vegetarianism / veganism is the "need" to have foods processed to taste like meat. Why not just go vegan / veggie... apart from the fact that we are omnivores and a vegan diet does not provide all the nutrients we need?

I go veggie / vegan two or three times a week with meals that do not look, taste or smell like meat meals, and they are good. I would struggle to do it full time, I admit that, but I would rather do that than eat a PF sausage or 'chicken' nugget. I have tried a few and they a yuck!

[Suff]

simple answer?

10bn people.

[cromwell]

Let's see. We get rid of the cows, so also their milk. That means we also lose cream, butter and cheeses. The price of those products will then go up - supply and demand.

The daftest thing is that cows and sheep are raised on grazing land; land that is not suitable for crops. Ah well, I suppose it leaves more room for onshore windmills and solar farms...

Exactly this; and housing of course. 600,000 net immigration per year means a hell of a lot less green fields for England.