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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The problem is that the real way to cut down on emissions would be to accept that not every good can be available at any time and that's a bitter pill to swallow.

We have tuna caught in South America, hauled to Thailand for canning and hauled back to the US to be sold. Turns more profit than local catches because the megacorporations can save a couple bucks on worker salaries. And that is just an example, it's not just the food industry, hauling shit to hell and back and back to hell and back is common practice.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Doesn't even have to be unavailable at times. They could can it in north America if they wanted to. Outsourcing jobs (read: exploiting foreign countries and their workers) should be heavily taxed if not banned in most industries

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You mean exploiting, right? :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yes. Auto correct haha