• commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    arrow-down
    4
    ·
    12 days ago

    if we stop drinking milk, and it continues to be produced, the environmental impacts will not cease. if we stop production, it will.

        • slackassassin@sh.itjust.works
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          edit-2
          11 days ago

          This must be a parody account or something. I can’t imagine anyone dumb enough to actually believe farmers will produce milk to rot ad infinitum without it ever being purchased. They couldn’t maintain production level without consumption even if they wanted to.

          • commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            1
            arrow-down
            1
            ·
            11 days ago

            you talk about it as though there are only two people, and each only needs to make one decision: the farmer whether to produce, and a milk drinker whether to buy it. there are dozens of actors and factors.

            • slackassassin@sh.itjust.works
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              3
              ·
              edit-2
              11 days ago

              If people stopped buying milk at current levels, then it would not be produced at current levels. The dozens of actors and factors would all be a part of that decrease. The market would shrink, not dissappear necessarily.