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In surprise vote, European climate protection plan shelved following farmer protests (abcnews.go.com)
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[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 months ago (2 children)

This legislation may have gone down better if the EU wasn't simultaneously planning to put more Environmental Protection Laws on their own farmers while opening up their market to South American farmers! Even setting aside the food security and job issues this would create in Europe how do you overlook the fact that shipping all of that food from South America to Europe is bad for the environment?

To become a "Carbon Neutral Continent" the EU was essentially trying to do the same with South America and Food that the West has done with China and Bulk Manufacturing...keep its own hands clean by outsourcing the mess to somewhere else.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I think carbon footprint calculations should really include imported carbon. My "electronic device" was manufactured in China. The carbon emitted in its manufacture should follow the product to me, as I am the reason it was manufactured.

People blaming China and other countries that manufacture a significant amount of products with relatively dirty power are really just shirking the blame. When imported carbon is considered, the US and Canada are the worst polluters per capita.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

Exactly. If farmers were better off atm, it probably wouldn't be such a big issue for them. Traditional farmers are quickly dying out where I live. They have to opt for use of pesticides, mass production of meat and other crap to even make a living. Either that, or some lucky few get enough customers that buy their products at a high premium.