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[–] Blamemeta -5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

So less food, more people? Have you heard the term "famine" before?

[–] rbhfd 8 points 1 year ago

The Netherlands exports an enormous amount of meat currently. It's the largest exporter of meat of any EU country. They export 60% of the meat they produce. So yeah, they would be fine.

The Netherlands is currently really suffering from nitrogen pollution, in a big part because of the meat industry. So it would also be a great improvement for the environment to reduce the meat production.

Having such a big part of the European meat production localized in one of the most populated regions in the EU is just a recipe for disaster.

[–] rsn 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Less food”? What are you talking about? Most of the land used for livestock is for exported meat. Also, meat is an incredibly unsustainable source of food.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Livestock are incredibly inefficient at producing food. If you use a small fraction of the land to grow crops there will be plenty to eat.