The Green party in Germany said it will ban industrial farming to reduce global warming if it comes to power.
The measure was proposed by Katrin Goering-Eckardt, the party’s leader in the Germany parliament, as part of a massive €100 billion project to finance climate initiatives.
For several years, climate change doomsayers have turned their attention to cattle, as a series of reports demonstrated that “livestock emissions” are more dangerous for the environment than automobiles.
A 2016 article at EcoWatch declared that greenhouse gas emissions from livestock account for a higher percentage of total global emissions than the world’s 1.2 billion automobiles.
Whereas the entire transportation sector accounts for only some 14 percent of global emissions, cows produce a remarkable 14.5 to 18 percent of the global total, the article noted.
Already in 2012, a United Nations report had asserted that the earth’s cattle population produces more carbon dioxide (CO2) than automobiles, planes, and all other forms of transport combined.
Moreover, between belching, defecation, and flatulence, cows produce a third of the world’s methane emissions, which are considered 20 times more detrimental to the environment than CO2.
Radical greens concluded that it is time to reduce the global cow population, which means dramatically reducing western consumption of meat.
As a result, vegans, vegetarians, and animal rights activists have joined climate change agitators in insisting that meat-eating is no longer an ecologically acceptable human activity.
In 2013, Germany’s Green party sought to launch a weekly “veggie day,” a project that reportedly failed to garner much support from ordinary citizens.
Recalling this fiasco, Christian Lindner, the leader of the pro-business Free Democrats, warned last week that the Greens “dream of a meat-less country.”
“Whoever wants to be vegan is free to do so, but the rest of us shouldn’t be banned from eating our schnitzel,” Mr. Lindner said.
Nonetheless, Ms. Goering-Eckardt said that public attitudes have changed since then, and she believes that Germans are now more willing to make sacrifices to curb global warming.
“Many people have now understood that things are going to change fundamentally,” she said. “The question is whether we make the changes ourselves or allow ourselves to be swept over by the climate crisis.”
The politician did acknowledge that the “monumental task” of combating climate change would demand “massive investment” over a short time frame.
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The greens stupidity knows no limits..
They will do everything to kill off the human race and the planet.
The Greens should ban all farming. Turn it all into natural forests and meadows. All farming is bad for the environment.
Back in the 70’s, European farmers started migrating to North America, to escape the burden of over-regulation. European policies have followed them here. The Greens have an effective network. They do not believe in freedom.
Farmers here were told that it was better to engage with the activists than ignore them. Wrong! The Greens are a virus.
Let me try out this logic:
Cows are bad for the environment
Cows are animals
Therefore, Animals are bad for the environment
This nut job announcement is why the greens self implode so often .
They can’t actually want power .
And according to some Nit-Wits Livestock Farmers is causing Global Warming/Climate Change never mind the fact Livestock have been on this Earth for eons if their total vegans that this proves that strict vegans may have shrinking brains
There is one thing that leftist don’t have the capacity to understand, they can’t change culture. What we eat is part of our culture. The most the Green Party might be able to do is force raising cattle out of Germany. This has already happened in other industries, at least partially, but would have no impact on the world wide use of cattle.
From the article, “Nonetheless, Ms. Goering-Eckardt said that public attitudes have changed since then, and she believes that Germans are now more willing to make sacrifices to curb global warming.” Just where did she get this information? My guess is it was from talking to people like herself. I would be very surprised if anything but a lower percentage of the German population would be willing to significantly reduce their consumption of beef.
I once read of a book DIET FORA NEW AMERICA its all about strict vegan diet the author claims the idea for the book was beamed to him bya giant talking cow and pig Just what has this idiot been smoking? just as idiotic as Jermey Rifkin and his book BEYOND BEEF someone should serve Rifkin a plate of Grass for his Dinner
My food poops on their food.