Cattle- the cause or the cure?

[Macsky]

Cattle farming is terrible, so we must all self flagellate and eat pretend food to save the world:

Rich countries should only eat synthetic beef, says Bill Gates

The billionaire philanthropist made the demand while advertising his new book on how to avoid a climate disaster.

news.sky.com

Or, cattle are actually great, saving the planet whilst producing top quality, delicious real food:

How an Australian cattle rancher sold Microsoft $500,000 of carbon credits - Agriland.co.uk

Computing giant Microsoft has launched a new partnership with Australian farm Wilmot Cattle Company to use grazing cattle to offset Microsoft’s carbon

www.agriland.co.uk

I don’t know who’s more confused, me or Bill Gates??

 

[Dave6170]

Couldnt make it up!

 

[onesiedale]

One thing he's not confused by is how to grab media attention. It really is a massive PR strategy telling the world how good his company is and how their products have all the answers for you to upgrade your technology and throw out your old stuff. Consumerism and control. Two of the biggest businesses on the planet. Both of them shafting the planets resources too

 

[Muck Spreader]

If you are eating laboratory grown synthetic meat you are basically tucking into a juicy lump of Cancer. They don't tell you that in their adverts!

 

[steveR]

If you are eating laboratory grown synthetic meat you are basically tucking into a juicy lump of Cancer. They don't tell you that in their adverts!

Or that Quorn crap,,, lower level tech, but those additives!

 

[FonterraFarmer]

Cattle farming is terrible, so we must all self flagellate and eat pretend food to save the world:

Rich countries should only eat synthetic beef, says Bill Gates

The billionaire philanthropist made the demand while advertising his new book on how to avoid a climate disaster.

news.sky.com

Or, cattle are actually great, saving the planet whilst producing top quality, delicious real food:

How an Australian cattle rancher sold Microsoft $500,000 of carbon credits - Agriland.co.uk

Computing giant Microsoft has launched a new partnership with Australian farm Wilmot Cattle Company to use grazing cattle to offset Microsoft’s carbon

www.agriland.co.uk

I don’t know who’s more confused, me or Bill Gates??

Gates much like the UN, read what they say , then do the opposite, odds are that's the correct thing to do.
People like Gates have a vested interest in a lot of about they promote rather than a genuine concern for the environment or society.

 

[delilah]

People like Gates have a vested interest in a lot of about they promote rather than a genuine concern for the environment or society.

I find this interesting. He is a certain age, he knows he can't take it with him. Is the desire to acquire riches beyond comprehension an addiction ? Or is it that there actually is a desire to do the right thing before he pops his clogs, but he is simply misguided in this instance ?

 

[Macsky]

I find this interesting. He is a certain age, he knows he can't take it with him. Is the desire to acquire riches beyond comprehension an addiction ? Or is it that there actually is a desire to do the right thing before he pops his clogs, but he is simply misguided in this instance ?

It’s an addiction, that addiction being power and influence, riches is just the means.
To be like God was the temptation in the Garden of Eden, not much has changed.

 

[le bon paysan]

Cows save the planet
There's even a book about it

Amazon.fr - Cows Save the Planet: And Other Improbable Ways of Restoring Soil to Heal the Earth - Schwartz, Judith D., Ehrlich, Gretel - Livres

Noté /5. Retrouvez Cows Save the Planet: And Other Improbable Ways of Restoring Soil to Heal the Earth et des millions de livres en stock sur Amazon.fr. Achetez neuf ou d'occasion

www.amazon.fr

 

[Macsky]

If you are eating laboratory grown synthetic meat you are basically tucking into a juicy lump of Cancer. They don't tell you that in their adverts!

I find it hard to believe that anyone would actually part with their hard earned money to buy this stuff, it’s utterly mind boggling, it’s shows how detached from nature/reality/sanity people have become. If you can convince people that this is what they should be swallowing, they will swallow anything!

 

[JohnGalway]

The management around agriculture is the cause of a lot of bad things. Cattle aren't the problem.

 

[Dave6170]

Cows save the planet
There's even a book about it

Amazon.fr - Cows Save the Planet: And Other Improbable Ways of Restoring Soil to Heal the Earth - Schwartz, Judith D., Ehrlich, Gretel - Livres

Noté /5. Retrouvez Cows Save the Planet: And Other Improbable Ways of Restoring Soil to Heal the Earth et des millions de livres en stock sur Amazon.fr. Achetez neuf ou d'occasion

www.amazon.fr

Good book too

 

[C.J]

Lets boycott Microsoft .(typed on my chrome book)

 

[DaveGrohl]

It really is quite extraordinary. It just goes to show, you can be extremely intelligent and an utter buffoon at the same time.

 

[FonterraFarmer]

I find this interesting. He is a certain age, he knows he can't take it with him. Is the desire to acquire riches beyond comprehension an addiction ? Or is it that there actually is a desire to do the right thing before he pops his clogs, but he is simply misguided in this instance ?

Yes. I belìeve people like him suffer from the delusion of importance, I have concluded a person who has contributed their entire life to society or even sacrificed their life to make it a better place are of greater importance that those who think wealth and self importance are worthy by their interference in society.

 

[onesiedale]

New York Times today published an article. They're pretty convinced that cattle can help sort this carbon sequestration.

A Different Kind of Land Management: Let the Cows Stomp https://nyti.ms/37mefc4

As was said earlier, the issue seems to be more in the mindsets of those who wish to manage and have control.
The cattle themselves are not actually the problem.
"Biden administration, in its initial moves to combat climate change, has cited agriculture as a “linchpin” of its strategy. One idea is to allocate $1 billion to pay farmers $20 for each ton of carbon they trap in the soil.”

 

[Macsky]

It really is quite extraordinary. It just goes to show, you can be extremely intelligent and an utter buffoon at the same time.

Intelligence and wisdom are two very different entities

 

[Jackov Altraids]

I was dumbfounded by the Bill Gates interview on Radio 4 one morning this week. He actually said that we don't need to change our lifestyles, just our consumer choices. A very easy sell but monumentally wrong.
A clear example of how he became one of the world's wealthiest people.Steal a dream and sell it back. The person with the least need for more money in the world, selling out humanity. He must believe he is greater than god[or anyones version of such an entity].

 

[Swarfmonkey]

Gates appears to have a bad case of Messiah Complex. That's me being generous, by the way. If I was feeling less generous I'd say that he's simply trying to create new money-making opportunities for himself. He did pretty well out of his investments in a couple of fake meat manufacturers, and you can bet your boots that he's being buying up vast tracts of land in the US with an eye on flogging carbon offsets in the future.

Either way, he's still a massive [censored].

 

[JohnGalway]

Bill ain't interested in being right, just wealthier.