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[โ€“] stoy@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 days ago (14 children)

This poses an interesting question...

Which is worse the suffering and exploitation of animals for their skin, or releasing more plastics in the world?

[โ€“] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (13 children)
[โ€“] Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social -1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (12 children)

Unfortunately, The beef industry isn't going away anytime soon. What do we do with the hides if we don't use them to make Leather boots etc. ?

It's hard to believe that using (likely petroleum based) alternatives, has less of an environmental impact than using something that would have gone into the trash.

Sure leather supports the beef industry, but if it didn't we'd still have the beef industry, and what do we do with that leather?

Edit: I thought about it a bit more, the less people use leather the cheaper it will become. It will still be used, because it's so useful, profits will just go down a lot, so less money for the beef industry. So that's a win.

[โ€“] troglodyke@lemmy.federate.cc 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Leather isn't a free byproduct, in many cases less CO2 is emitted by not using the hide and just producing an alternative instead

Sure but that leather could have been used to make leather boots, that could last decades. Instead petroleum based alternatives will be used, it needs to be weighed against those emissions.

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