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[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

Blame it on Biden. Oh, wait, it's the UK. So, yeah Republicans will still blame Biden

[–] [email protected] 133 points 6 months ago (10 children)

To be clelar for anyone just skimming the article... It's UK Farmers.

I guess they could have had more support if they didn't Brexit...

[–] [email protected] 88 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Do you think the UK sometimes sits up late at night with a bottle of whisky and stalks the EU on social media?

[–] [email protected] 49 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Pretty embarrassing when they accidentally like a 200 year old post with bikini pics.

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[–] [email protected] 100 points 6 months ago (21 children)

Mr Stanley said farms were facing “an existential moment” because of the changing climate, which could put many out of business, reducing UK food security.

“The problem that we’re facing is that weather is becoming so extreme that it is overwhelming our ability as farmers to continue to grow crops at all in some places,” he said.

Yes, but let's not lose sight of what's really important, by sacrificing the planet we've successfully prevented a few billionaires from having to sell their yachts.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 months ago

I'm with you, but it's not even about having to sell their yachts. These leeches have so much goddamn money that they could lose most of it with no materiel impact to their lifestyle. They just horde it out of a combination of addiction and lust for power.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 6 months ago (3 children)

While I’m not saying the farmer quote shares this belief but it’s hard to take when there have been so many “farmers protests” about changes to subsidies linked to reducing emissions and planting more trees

[–] [email protected] 41 points 6 months ago (1 children)

There was a Climate Town video that explains how the US tried to institute strict emissions standards in the mid to late 90s. Exceptions were given to all work trucks because it would make them too expensive for small farms. This led to car companies leaning into that form factor, and now the Yank Tanks are ubiquitous and infecting the rest of the world.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 6 months ago

I think many farmers are being played for fools. They are being astroturfed by big agri businesses run by corporate billionaires.

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