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• Rekorse@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Well, if you look at the graphs last 3 points, it goes up from the first to the second much higher than it does from the second to the third.

  Should I just assume there was a production problem that caused the reduction?

  What’s caused that very minor decrease in the rate?

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  • commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    i am not an expert on global agricultural markets, but my suspicion is drought, followed by a global (human) pandemic, but i don’t know if those actually caused it even if you could prove they (both) happened. you can also see a significant drop in the 90s correlating with mad cow disease. there it’s easy to say “we destroyed a bunch of cattle instead of slaughtering them” but that’s not exactly reducing suffering. i seem to recall similar stories during the pandemic.

    i highly doubt we could draw a causal link between buying beans and either of those dips, though.

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    • Rekorse@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      They were after the pandemic, theres a big dropoff during covid but I didnt want to use it because obviously the causes weren’t regulation or vegans.

      I was mainly pointing out that its possible for the rate of increase to decrease, although I understand I can’t prove its from a change in demand.

      If there isnt proof for any of the solutions we’ve talked about why shouldn’t I just do all of them?

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      • commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I would choose one that is provably effective. actually rescuing animals tangibly saves them from the agricultural system. everything else I can think of is the equivalent of hopes and prayers.

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