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According to EU law it's obvious. But then again let's just put our heads in the sand and ignore climate change. Yes more emissions is what is needed. Face palm

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How will decreasing NL’s food exports result in a decrease in emissions? Honest question.

Less food miles. Less cheap availability of dairy will encourage movement to less polluting alternatives. Less intensive farming leaches less nitrogen.

So you’d make milk more expensive for poor people? Got it. I wonder why they voted against that.

False dilemma. People don't need dairy milk (a lot of the world is dairy intolerant anyway) and there are alternatives that don't pollute anywhere as much, don't need as much land nor water and which are inexpensive and getting cheaper all the time.

People don’t need a lot of things. However certain foods, like animal products including milk, lead to optimal health. That’s how the Dutch got so tall. So you can drink your diluted nut or grain water. I’ll stick with bioavailable nutrients from animal foods.

"A lot of the world is able to walk, so people don't need wheel chair access in buildings". "A lot of the world is male/female, so people don't need made up genders and surgery". ... sounds great, huh?

Anyway, where does this "people don't need X" stop, though? You also don't need oat milk, tofu, soy, peas, etc. to survive.

Let's just go back to foraging for roots and berries and see what population size we can sustain!

Every country will have a duty to decrease their emissions. Starting with this incredibly large sector in Holland is a step in the right direction imo.

In this case it's not about greenhouse gasses (those aren't local, so moving something doesn't change the impact). This is about nitrogen which has a very local impact. So moving farming away from over-farmed areas to other places will improve the environment.

Technically, is about reducing the emissions, not decreasing exports. Cows produce a lot of emissions, meaning, you could swap for something less polluting. Air quality is also not good in NL, because of this.

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