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White and Nerdy
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: South of Charlotte N.C.
Posts: 14,923
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Tadd, if we were universally applying this it would be an issue, but it is only be done in places where the focus is on minimum end price.
We're raising animals in conditions they wouldn't normally survive in sufficient numbers for costs to work out. Stopping raises the price of meat significantly, which has impact on those of lower incomes.
Those that can afford it by their choices can still keep what I would consider more sustainable practices in place.
It is something we can ride until it fails, then we will be back to where we were before starting these practices. There will be a spike in price during transition, but I do not see us killing off that transition from being able to happen providing we keep older methods that require more space, more work, and better live stock separation in practice alongside with the newer lower work and space required methods.
The scarier side of things relates to plants, given the nature of their reproduction being carried across the atmosphere. Changes with plants are going to be a lot harder to reverse compared to live stock where the breeding stock of a bad strand can all be killed, or diseased animals can all be killed. No host, no disease.
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