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Elon Musk hits out at Irish climate plan to cut 200k cattle
Irish farmers being “demonised” is discouraging young people from entering the profession, Macra na Feirme’s Robert Lally says. #gript
Allowing one tiny segment of the agri-food economy to tarnish the rest of it with this kind of mindless cruelty to animals is a strategic error, as well as a moral wrong.
“Absolute rubbish.”
On every other matter concerning the climate, efficiency is their watchword. Yet here, they wish to hobble and destroy one of the most efficient industries in the world.
“Secret report”
“We will see how we can improve practices in general on farms.”
“Every member of Fine Gael voted for that.”
The basis of the narrative around the push to cull cattle is that cows produce methane, and that’s true. Methane is a strong greenhouse gas, and that’s also true. So, the natural conclusion is that cows are a big problem for climate change. Here’s where the narrative goes awry. because the conclusion is simply NOT […]
person who produces 1 unit of greenhouse gas in Zambia will not only produce 1 unit when they come to Ireland. They may then produce 7 or 8 or 10 units, meaning that immigration from the third world to the first directly leads to increased greenhouse gas emissions.
As Minister says targets will be signed off on this month