• HubertManne@piefed.social
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    8 days ago

    So in the 80’s they had to have laws because cattle was being killed just for leather (which I believe was mostly in brazil where rain forest was being cut down for grazeland). As much beef as we eat it would not support all fake leather things being done as leather.

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      8 days ago

      Indeed. Beef prices tell me they’re not the loss leader product, and leather is cheap, so I don’t think that’s a problem now

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        8 days ago

        but again it has been and you mention cars using leather. Without the leather alernatives it very much would be a problem.