This story first appeared on Clean Energy Wire 24 October 2018 | No matter how you look at it, people need sustenance to survive – and growing crops or raising livestock creates emissions. But Germany must find a way to reduce its agricultural emissions, which make up seven percent of total greenhouse gas emissions to […]
This story first appeared on Clean Energy Wire
24 October 2018 | No matter how you look at it, people need sustenance to survive – and growing crops or raising livestock creates emissions. But Germany must find a way to reduce its agricultural emissions, which make up seven percent of total greenhouse gas emissions to reach its goal of carbon neutrality by mid-century, and to comply with the Paris Climate Agreement. It’s difficult to know which measures will be most effective, as cutting emissions in one area often creates emissions…
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Exposing the Big Game 
“German agriculture minister Julia Klöckner came to the farmers defence. “The one thing we shouldn’t do in this situation is to tell farmers ‘you are to blame for climate change’,” she said in August. “Climate change is a global phenomenon. […] And farming is also part of the solution.””
A ‘global phenomenon’? I’ve seen people denying human responsibility for climate change, making it some nebulous concept that’s out there somewhere, but now I’ve heard everything.
No, farmers may not be to blame entirely, but consumers certainly are. Farmers and ranchers are the supply, and the people are the demand. The more prosperous among us who gobble up most of the world’s resources are ‘to blame’.
Cutting down on meat if you can’t give it up entirely is the answer.
Feeding Humans (no matter how many there are) is a sacred task! (Sarcasim intended). Quit eating animals ENTIRELY!