Cows are over 50% of the biomass of all the animals of the planet combined. They graze areas larger than all of our cities and villages put together, are nearly immune to disease and physical injury, and have the guarantee of safety from every predator except these mysterious ape gods which assign each of them a predetermined life time. Speaking in terms of evolutionary success, I don't think they are complaining.

That being said... if we want to preserve anything of value in nature, I hope lab-grown meat becomes a widespread, economically viable alternative as soon as possible. There's a bulging middle-class of billions coming from Asia and Africa which aren't going to shy away from meat that easily. No ammount of pointless ethical debates or pleas from more developed countries will change the minds of the majority until it is too late.

Why? Buying a gun doesn't mean you're going to hurt people.

By that logic, please give me your credit card number, your social security number, the keys to your home, your home address, and don't worry about a thing cause giving me all that personal info doesn't mean I'm going to rob you... right?

Cows are over 50% of the biomass of all the animals of the planet combined. They graze areas larger than all of our cities and villages put together, are nearly immune to disease and physical injury, and have the guarantee of safety from every predator except these mysterious ape gods which assign each of them a predetermined life time. Speaking in terms of evolutionary success, I don't think they are complaining.

That being said... if we want to preserve anything of value in nature, I hope lab-grown meat becomes a widespread, economically viable alternative as soon as possible. There's a bulging middle-class of billions coming from Asia and Africa which aren't going to shy away from meat that easily. No ammount of pointless ethical debates or pleas from more developed countries will change the minds of the majority until it is too late.

Not sure how well that would work.  Dairy cows provide their product repeatedly.  Beef cows just once. if you combined the two completely, you'd end up either with an overabundance of milk or a dearth of beef. Dairy cows already contribute 21-25% of all beef (depending on year). 

It's time we just started really moving on to alternatives.

So Trump lied again recently (*gasp*) and in the process violated US Code.

For those not aware, the Bahamas and the southeast United States have been dealing with a hurricane the past several days.  Trump gave a press conference early on to about the storm where he stated which states would be most affected.  One of the states he warned of potential devastation was Alabama.  However, no computer model or prediction from the National Hurricane Center or NOAA ever showed Alabama in any danger at all. 

Ok, minor issue though many residents may have taken his warning seriously and began preparations for evacuation, sheltering, etc....  Even the National Weather Service in Alabama had to blast out Tweets and updates to disregard the president's warning. But when asked about why he blatantly lied, Trump doubled down on his claim saying the National Weather Service had originally projected Alabama as in the path (spoiler alert: it didn't).  Then, he later tripled down on it by presenting a modified National Weather Service map to make it appear that he was correct.

This is his doctored map.

That black marker extension was added either by himself or an aide at his direction. This is an intentional falsification of a weather report with the sole purpose of trying to prevent himself from having to admit that he lied.  So about the crime aspect - see 18 U.S. Code § 2074. False Weather Reports:

"Whoever knowingly issues or publishes any counterfeit weather forecast or warning of weather conditions falsely representing such forecast or warning to have been issued or published by the Weather Bureau, United States Signal Service, or other branch of the Government service, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ninety days, or both."

To sum up, Trump broke Federal law in an attempt to cover a lie.

How the bastard isn't getting prison time for this I still can't comprehend.

So Trump lied again recently (*gasp*) and in the process violated US Code.

For those not aware, the Bahamas and the southeast United States have been dealing with a hurricane the past several days.  Trump gave a press conference early on to about the storm where he stated which states would be most affected.  One of the states he warned of potential devastation was Alabama.  However, no computer model or prediction from the National Hurricane Center or NOAA ever showed Alabama in any danger at all. 

Ok, minor issue though many residents may have taken his warning seriously and began preparations for evacuation, sheltering, etc....  Even the National Weather Service in Alabama had to blast out Tweets and updates to disregard the president's warning. But when asked about why he blatantly lied, Trump doubled down on his claim saying the National Weather Service had originally projected Alabama as in the path (spoiler alert: it didn't).  Then, he later tripled down on it by presenting a modified National Weather Service map to make it appear that he was correct.

This is his doctored map.

That black marker extension was added either by himself or an aide at his direction. This is an intentional falsification of a weather report with the sole purpose of trying to prevent himself from having to admit that he lied.  So about the crime aspect - see 18 U.S. Code § 2074. False Weather Reports:

"Whoever knowingly issues or publishes any counterfeit weather forecast or warning of weather conditions falsely representing such forecast or warning to have been issued or published by the Weather Bureau, United States Signal Service, or other branch of the Government service, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ninety days, or both."

To sum up, Trump broke Federal law in an attempt to cover a lie.