Farm Animal Investment Risk and Return (FAIRR), an investor network that advises on factory farming, says it is “increasingly probable” that countries will start taxing meat in order to fight climate change.
FAIRR believes that will occur within the next decade. Frankly, the "climate change fighters" would be a lot more believable if they cut back on jetting around the globe to attend conferences, but video-conferences would dramatically reduce the overall potential for ego-stroking.
Researchers say the issue must be addressed if countries are going to stick to the Paris Climate Agreement, the second anniversary of which is being celebrated Tuesday at a summit in Paris.
Oh, good! They're going to have themselves another "summit"! They just had a "conference" in New Orleans, depositing 60,000 tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere as they jetted in and then out.
They nod sagely at one another while intoning their views on the climate "crisis" and the need for all of us to reduce our "carbon footprint" - even as they're responsible for far greater emissions than average schmucks like you. As for their meat tax, it's of interest to consider how such a thing might be implemented.
It would likely involve a massive program of indoctrination education, in which schmucks are informed of the health benefits of not eating meat (and of course, this would have to include dairy products as well, because carbon), followed by imposing a meat tax at grocery checkout (followed in due course by a concomitant tax on dairy products down the road). The vegan smug is almost palpable. Surprisingly, as they reduce gas emissions to "fight climate change", they don't seem to be going after cabbage or brussels sprouts.
