What kind of proof do you want and I’ll go find it for you how’s that.
i’d like proof of a causal mechanism by which choosing to buy beans has caused meat production to decline. i don’t think you can find any such causal mechanism.
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Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 2 months agoShould I use another commodity that saw reduced demand, which caused the supply to dwindle? Asbesthos? Does that work? Maybe cigarrettes?
What kind of proof do you want and I’ll go find it for you how’s that.
commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
what you’re presenting is a classic post hoc ergo propter hoc. both of those declined in production following the introduction of color television as well. we can’t very well say that color caused a reduced production. in fact, you haven’t actually presented any evidence that less asbethos or cigarettes are being produced.
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
it appears that the plan of creating government regulation is effective at stopping production, and no causal link to demand is outlined in your hastily-googled abstract.
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
And you think that regulation was pushed by people who sell or smoke cigarettes, and by those that mine or use asbesthos?
commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/tobacco-production?tab=chart&country=~OWID_WRL