@[email protected] to Cool [email protected]English • 16 days agoA cool guide for Cost by Protein Sourcelemmy.caimagemessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1126arrow-down114 cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1112arrow-down1imageA cool guide for Cost by Protein Sourcelemmy.ca@[email protected] to Cool [email protected]English • 16 days agomessage-square26fedilink cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]cakelinkfedilinkEnglish9•16 days agoMonetary cost is the wrong y-axis here, as it optimkzes only for mega-scale farming without taking its real costs in consideration. It should be ‘true cost’, which also accounts for environmental-, animal- and climate mitigation cost.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish14•16 days agoYeah, hence milk being super cheap. It’s only cheap due to subsidies!
minus-squareFalkenlinkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-215 days agoSure, that’s assuming the OP or those looking for a chart like this care about such things. This comment comes off across a bit as moral posturing.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•14 days agoExternalities have nothing to do with morals. They exist whether people want them to or not.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-4•16 days agoIt’s the correct one of you live in 2024, where these are the monetary costs consumers have to pay and take into consideration for everyday purchases.
Monetary cost is the wrong y-axis here, as it optimkzes only for mega-scale farming without taking its real costs in consideration. It should be ‘true cost’, which also accounts for environmental-, animal- and climate mitigation cost.
Yeah, hence milk being super cheap. It’s only cheap due to subsidies!
Sure, that’s assuming the OP or those looking for a chart like this care about such things. This comment comes off across a bit as moral posturing.
Externalities have nothing to do with morals. They exist whether people want them to or not.
It’s the correct one of you live in 2024, where these are the monetary costs consumers have to pay and take into consideration for everyday purchases.