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Like tobacco, carbon emissions and sugar, we can expect the harm to human health and the environment caused by the production and consumption of meat to be mitigated by 'sin taxes'in the next five to ten years.
"Sin taxes" on meat to reduce its huge impact on climate change and human health look inevitable, according to analysts for investors managing more than $4tn of assets.
The global livestock industry causes 15% of all global greenhouse gas emissions and meat consumption is rising around the world, but dangerous climate change cannot be avoided unless this is radically curbed. Furthermore, many people already eat far too much meat, seriously damaging their health and incurring huge costs. Livestock also drive other problems, such as water pollution and antibiotic resistance.
A new analysis from the investor network Farm Animal Investment Risk and Return (Fairr) Initiative argues that meat is therefore now following the same path as tobacco, carbon emissions and sugar towards a sin tax, a levy on harmful products to cut consumption. Meat taxes have already been discussed in parliaments in Germany, Denmark and Sweden, the analysis points out, and China's government has cut its recommended maximum meat consumption by 45% in 2016.
Would you pay a "meat tax" or would you change your eating habits?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday December 12 2017, @12:28AM (13 children)
Hippie isn't bad stew meat if you boil all the dirt and grease off it first. Kind of like possum.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 3, Funny) by c0lo on Tuesday December 12 2017, @01:41AM (1 child)
Idiotic - that's what gives the stew the flavor.
Do it and the stew will not be in any way different from one made of Maccas-fattened stock.
(grin)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 3, Informative) by MostCynical on Tuesday December 12 2017, @04:51AM
Cockatoo and rock stew. Serves 2.
Boil cockatoo and rock until rock is soft.
Throw away cockatoo.
Eat rock.
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 12 2017, @01:45AM (8 children)
A pressure cooker is the only thing that works on Red Neck.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 12 2017, @01:53AM
Use the grill. Maybe chewy, but good for you to try different textures once in a while.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday December 12 2017, @02:04AM (6 children)
Nah, the trick to redneck meat is you gotta marinate it heavily in beer before slaughtering. Shouldn't be especially difficult.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 12 2017, @03:57AM
If that was effective, wouldn't all the pre-processing suffice?
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(Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday December 12 2017, @05:08AM (4 children)
So THAT is what makes the redneck meat so expensive.
How many kegs of beer do you need per head?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday December 12 2017, @05:18AM (2 children)
It varies by weight but at least five kegs and as many days.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday December 12 2017, @05:26AM (1 child)
I think I'll stay with with Wagyu steaks, thank you.
At about $400-$600/kg [beefcentral.com] price in the top range, is still more affordable than redneck.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday December 12 2017, @11:33AM
Well now, that depends. It's not that uncommon to find a redneck weighing in at over 200lbs that's not overly fatty. If you're hunting them instead of buying them that drops the overall cost to around $3-4/lb if you only use the proper meat. Mind you, this does not account for the cost of five days or so of chewing tobacco or snuff. Make sure you grab their stash when you bag them or that'll add a bit to the cost as well.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 12 2017, @01:40PM
That depends on whether you use beer or Budweiser.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 12 2017, @03:11PM
Remove the hair. I know there is a lot, but trust me you have to.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 12 2017, @08:38PM
Lur: Whoa. Must be something in that hippie I ate.