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Re:Meat industry blamed for largest-ever 'dead zone' in Gulf... by thanksforcoming on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @03:32PM (#14904474)
It's important to recognize the very real impacts that our own individual consumptions and habits have on the world around us. And I believe that everyone has a moral obligation to minimize that impact as much as feasible.

The reality is that there's an unpaid cost for many consumer goods in order to produce them at scale and at an affordable rate. Sometimes I feel that by partaking in this system you're implicitly perpetuating it. While it is difficult to give up those comforts & luxuries that we're accustomed to, humans have been around a long time without them, so we can get by without them too.

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Re:Meat industry blamed for largest-ever 'dead zone' in Gulf... by AstralStorm on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @02:43AM (#14908449)
The problem with this line is how expensive writing a system can sometimes be.

Suppose you have a simple problem of not wanting to subsidise exploitative practices in footed of coffee making. Now you have a solution that involves certification and trust or the other that involves growing your own coffee. The former has already been gamed multiple times. And growing coffee personally is not easy in most countries, neither is finding suppliers that adhere to your rules.

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