• garbology [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    good water for cattle is found anywhere.

    Sure, fertile heartlands have a much higher water "budget" than the steppes etc. Still, I sure hope the Argentinian government knows how much water the agriculture industry uses, and at what level it would start to cause damage to the environment.

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      hexagon
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      4 years ago

      Deforestation of the Chaco biome to plant soy for a few years until the soil is totally ruined is a more obvious environmental problem not being addressed, and I really don't think they will address it properly in the near and not so near future :agony-deep:

      • garbology [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        God, how many people died for land in Chaco, only for them to ruin it for a bit of money. That's fucking grim.

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          hexagon
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          4 years ago

          The market demands it, if the people really wanted not suffer periodical floods and droughts, nor being killed for living for generations where the bulldozers want to go through, they should just pay a better price than soy markets. :ancap-good: