Posted on 09/27/2018 10:48:40 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Pork is the most widely consumed animal protein in the world. Representing more than 36 per cent of global meat-eating, a hit to production could have devastating effects. As a new Scientific American report suggests, a warming planet may result in skinnier pigs that produce less meat. The potential outcome: a future where pork is scarce and strips of bacon will cost you dearly.
Previous studies have identified climate change as a threat to livestock in general as rising temperatures affect feed quality, availability of water and biodiversity. By 2050, worldwide demand for livestock products is anticipated to double, according to a 2017 study by Michigan State University.
Caught in a vicious meaty circle, climate change will influence livestock production and thus food security. And the fallout of animal farming – deforestation and feed production – in turn contributes to greenhouse gas emissions.
“Agricultural scientists say pork could get more expensive in a warmer and more humid world because raising pigs will require more food, energy, water and labour to meet the protein requirements of a growing human population,” Scientific American reports, adding that cooling technologies and a return to indigenous breeds may help mitigate the threat to the industry.
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How do they explain Al Gore getting fatter?
LOL!! The retardedness has no end.
So, less flesh of swine in the diet should be healthier for folks, but STILL they complain.... :-)
LOL! Good one!
Yeah, Fat Al never missed a meal.
OK, now they’ve convinced me! More expensive bacon? By all means, shut down industrial civilization to make sure THAT doesn’t happen! Whatever it takes!
Simple solution, feed them pink slime . . . they stuff they make hamburgers with - that’ll fiss it.
People that don’t eat piggies, me included, should be very happy about this. Yay climate change!
Take down statutes to the Wright Brothers. Stop all airline travel. That should help.
Forget about this whopper... The Canadian weather network had a pile of manure regarding the earths rotation being affected by global warming. The truly loony and tinfoil hat crowd are now becoming the mainstream. It’s ridiculous.
Lol!
(uh....that part of thinner pigs IS "man-made".)
Not if you raise your own! :)
“...How do they explain Al Gore getting fatter?...”
Democrats are exempt from the effect of global warming. Only Republicans will be effected....
Skinnier pigs must be more healthy than obese one so we can eat more of them without endangering our health...right?
LOL. Man-bear-PIG.
In the olden days to make pigs fat, you had a herd of cattle, fed them grain and hay.
Then you ran pigs behind the cattle to eat the manure as it contained lots of undigested grain. Then you ran chickens behind the pigs to again eat any passed undigested grain.
Some farms then scooped up the chicken manure and mixed it with more grain and fed it to the cattle. Waste not want not.
This “research” seems like speculative and scary “HOGwash”.
We have too many pigs and they are growing out of control causing a REAL environmental problem. We actually need more people to eat them.
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150812103703.htm
www.natureworldnews.com/articles/16061/20150815/boars-everywhere-climate-change-boosting-wild-pig-populations.htm
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/a-plague-of-pigs-in-texas-73769069/
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