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[โ€“] Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You're right, thanks for the polite discourse. My mind has been changed.

[โ€“] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Thousands of people are going vegan every year thus the force of supply and demand would require the beef industry to scale back operations.

[โ€“] Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Sure, but global meat consumption is increasing, both overall and per-capita

[โ€“] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

However meat consumption is increasing in certain segments of the population. There is no guarantee this trend will continue especially since itโ€™s unhealthy to eat so much of it.

The meat industry is heavily subsidized by governments of the world and is not sustainable with our planetary resources, we cannot keep clearing Amazonian forests for cattle ranching.

Itโ€™s important to note that the use of fur has dropped dramatically in recent years.

Eating meat is not unhealthy.

Eating too much of anything is unhealthy, but having chicken and eggs in your diet is certainly not unhealthy.

[โ€“] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

supply and demand is a theory about price discovery. it doesn't dictate production levels

[โ€“] Honytawk@feddit.nl 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Of course it does. That is the "supply" side.

Supply is directly linked with demand and price. It is a triangle of commerce. If either of those lowers, then it is prudent to lower supply as well or face overhead.

[โ€“] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 day ago

supply and demand is a theory about price discovery. it does not dictate production. if you have some other theory, I'll be happy to read it.