In these campaigns the meat producing companies could engage in similar advertising that would lead to a negative sum game.
I donāt think they could and I donāt think that is what is happening. I donāt think any meat producing companies couldā¦ engage in some kind of similar advertising.
Random datapoint from Italy, when I started googling things on animal welfare/āveganism years ago, this website was often one of the top Google results, and it seems itās still going strong
And here is an article from last year specifically against the European Chicken Commitment, which is a major focus of a lot of EA-funded campaigns, and has been a massive win in France and other countries.
That project seems to be supported by the āNational Association of Meat and Livestock Industry and Tradeā, āAssociation of Meat and Cured Meat Industryā, and a āNational Union of Meat and Egg Agri-Food Supply Chains.ā
I would be surprised if there wouldnāt be similar initiatives in other countries with a stronger animal rights movement, and if there werenāt social media influencers running similar campaigns at much greater scale.
In general I think itās fairly easy to make campaigns supporting all sorts of things, from factory farms, to tobacco, to datacenters[1]
e.g. I found this recent Asterisk article against a datacenter moratorium similar to the meat-industry articles above. Hereās a section on environmental concerns: āData centers arenāt the only new loads coming onto the grid ā electric vehicles and electrified manufacturing are also driving demand that requires more generation, more transmission, and long-overdue grid modernization. Many data centers are leaning on gas for near-term power, but data centers could serve as anchor tenants for new clean generation, fiber, battery storage, and transmission. Many companies are moving in that direction.
Industrial projects like these are also prompting pragmatic shifts on decarbonization from environmental groups. The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), for instance, just supported its first nuclear project ever, to power a data center.
A moratorium forecloses exactly the kind of creative thinking these projects are beginning to generate.ā
I donāt think they could and I donāt think that is what is happening. I donāt think any meat producing companies couldā¦ engage in some kind of similar advertising.
I think they already do it, under the premise of supporting local and rural farmers.
Random datapoint from Italy, when I started googling things on animal welfare/āveganism years ago, this website was often one of the top Google results, and it seems itās still going strong
Here are some recent articles:
Meat may protect against cancer: a new study strengthens the evidence.
Broiler chickens and transport: more space does not improve animal welfare.
Beyond the āCarbon Tunnel Visionā: The meat and sustainability debate deserves more. (some quotes: āCutting down on meat doesnāt lower your personal carbon footprint.ā , āāAlternativeā proteins are not betterā)
And here is an article from last year specifically against the European Chicken Commitment, which is a major focus of a lot of EA-funded campaigns, and has been a massive win in France and other countries.
That project seems to be supported by the āNational Association of Meat and Livestock Industry and Tradeā, āAssociation of Meat and Cured Meat Industryā, and a āNational Union of Meat and Egg Agri-Food Supply Chains.ā
I would be surprised if there wouldnāt be similar initiatives in other countries with a stronger animal rights movement, and if there werenāt social media influencers running similar campaigns at much greater scale.
In general I think itās fairly easy to make campaigns supporting all sorts of things, from factory farms, to tobacco, to datacenters[1]
e.g. I found this recent Asterisk article against a datacenter moratorium similar to the meat-industry articles above. Hereās a section on environmental concerns: āData centers arenāt the only new loads coming onto the grid ā electric vehicles and electrified manufacturing are also driving demand that requires more generation, more transmission, and long-overdue grid modernization. Many data centers are leaning on gas for near-term power, but data centers could serve as anchor tenants for new clean generation, fiber, battery storage, and transmission. Many companies are moving in that direction.
Industrial projects like these are also prompting pragmatic shifts on decarbonization from environmental groups. The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), for instance, just supported its first nuclear project ever, to power a data center.
A moratorium forecloses exactly the kind of creative thinking these projects are beginning to generate.ā