And inflation is all around: https://www.france24.com/en/20181111-10-years-after-recession-americans-wake-rising-prices
On 11/11/18 4:59 PM, [email protected] [FairfieldLife] wrote: > > > your impact on Earth.. > > > Anyway, Shortage will come to supermarket food outlets near you > irregardless your particualr preference with rapid global climate > change that is evidently is rapidly coming on with extreme heat and > erratic moisture during the growing season where the grain and forage > for livestock are grown. Already in the US quite a lot of hay gets > moved around to keep up with needs. Longer periods of abnormal high > heat and dry spells are plainly more common now. > Last spring with the weird jet streams shifting the winter in the > mid-continent extended one month extra putting off pasture feeding a > month longer than normal, then hay prices went crazy. For two years > hay production has suffered quite a lot with the new normal of > extended excessive summer heat and dry. To get through to new pasture > in the spring I had to buy the most expensive hay I have ever paid for > last spring. Hay production this summer is off again with the > excessively high heat and drought in mid-summer. Buckle up. > > > ---In [email protected], <[email protected]> wrote : > > You would need a global dictator to make these things work. Instead > encourage a reduction in consumption. People don't like to be told by > the government how to eat or drink and they certainly don't like higher > taxes. You also need the medical industry to embrace nutritional > consultation which isn't going to happen because it would hurt > pharmaceutical sales. > > Some people may need red meat to restore their health probably after too > many years of being on an ill advised vegetarian diet. :-D > > > On 11/11/18 4:15 AM, [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> [FairfieldLife] wrote: > > > > > > > > https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/06/taxing-red-meat-would-save-many-lives-research-shows > > > > > > Taxing red meat would save many lives and raise billions to pay for > > healthcare, according to new research. It found the cost of > processed > > meat such as bacon and sausages would double if the harm they > cause to > > people’s health was taken into account. > > > > Governments already tax harmful products to reduce their > consumption, > > such as sugar, alcohol and tobacco. With growing evidence of the > > health and environmental damage resulting from red meat, some > experts > > now believe a “sin tax” on beef, lamb and pork is inevitable in the > > longer term. > > > > The World Health Organization declared processed red meat to be a > > carcinogen in 2015, and unprocessed red meat such as steaks and > chops > > to be a probable carcinogen. However, people in rich nations eat > more > > than the recommended amount of red meat, which is also linked to > heart > > disease, strokes and diabetes. > > > > > > The new research looked at the level of tax needed to reflect the > > healthcare costs incurred when people eat red meat. [for UK] It > found > > that a 20% tax on unprocessed red meat and a 110% tax on the more > > harmful processed products across rich nations, with lower taxes in > > less wealthy nations, would cut annual deaths by 220,000 and raise > > $170bn (£130bn). > > > > The resulting higher prices would also cut meat consumption by two > > portions a week – currently people in rich nations each eat one > > portion a day. This would lead to a $41bn saving in annual > healthcare > > costs, the research shows. > > > > “Nobody wants governments to tell people what they can and can’t > eat,” > > Springmann said. But the healthcare costs incurred by eating red > meat > > are often paid by all taxpayers, he said: “It is totally fine if > you > > want to have [red meat], but this personal consumption decision > really > > puts a strain on public funds. It is not about taking something > away > > from people, it is about being fair.” > > > > To cover the total healthcare costs, the tax rates would need to be > > hiked up again to about double the optimal taxation rates. > > > > The researchers calculated red meat taxes for 149 different > nations, > > with the rate depending on how much red meat those citizens eat and > > the costliness of their healthcare system. The US would have > among the > > highest tax rates, with a 163% levy on ham and sausages and a > 34% levy > > on steaks. > > > > > > > >
