Re:Dutch farmers organise mass protests in face of farm clos...
by masklinn on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @11:42AM
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> Guessing not, given the farmers’ reaction.
Why would you guess that? Farmers don't generally like changing their habits, and are usually very happy to put the burden on the commons.
In this case, the farmers are unhappy because the netherlands are a massive nox producer (https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2019/03/Nitrogen_d...), this comes from a huge livestock sector, and the government has decided to implement severe restriction on nox emissions, especially around nature reserves where it's creating wastelands.
Why would you guess that? Farmers don't generally like changing their habits, and are usually very happy to put the burden on the commons.
In this case, the farmers are unhappy because the netherlands are a massive nox producer (https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2019/03/Nitrogen_d...), this comes from a huge livestock sector, and the government has decided to implement severe restriction on nox emissions, especially around nature reserves where it's creating wastelands.