Soy Burger in Paradise?
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What to Know: They’re coming for your burger.
“Americans will need to cut their average consumption of beef by about 40% and Europeans by 22%, for the world to continue to feed the 10 billion people expected to live on this planet in 2050, according to a new report,” the Denver Channel reports. “That means each person could have about a burger and a half each week. This calculation comes from the World Resources Institute, a global research nonprofit that supports better use of natural resources to sustain a growing population.”
The TPPF Take: Just as Thomas Malthus was wrong in 1798 and Paul Ehrlich was wrong in 1968, the World Resources Institute is wrong now; food is now cheaper and more abundant than it has ever been.
“This is just the latest example of what U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s chief of staff admitted recently—that the Green New Deal was never about the environment; it was always about forcing the masses to change their behaviors,” says TPPF’s Jason Isaac. “The Green New Deal boils down to one question: Do you really want the government telling you where to live, what you can eat, and what kind of car you can drive?”
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