Those Green Crosses you are seeing nailed up alongside the road is a silent protest against the environmental damage intensive farming causes New Zealand.
Activists decided to hijack the Green Cross protest in light of the catastrophic weather we are seeing caused by global warming pollution emitted by the agricultural industry.
One activist told The Daily Blog, “One cow’s waste is the equivalent of 14 humans. We have 10 million cows in this country, that’s the equivalent to 140 million human beings pissing and shitting into our rivers every year. The political power of the Farming lobby protects them from true regulation, and we have decided to challenge that by hijacking the Green Crosses campaign to highlight the environmental damage”.
Farmers are 1.16% of the population, represent 5.5% of GDP, make 48% of greenhouse gas emissions and create 70% of NZ’s contribution to global warming yet they are able to run roughshod over any legislative reigning in because the have such enormous political and economic power.
The activist told The Daily Blog, “Every time you see one of those Green Crosses alongside the motorway, remind yourself of the Farming lobby, their immense political power and their never ending pollution which is causing extreme weather events which are flooding our cities”.
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I think we need to stop using generic terms like “farmers” as it tars everyone with the same brush. That said I can already hear the ‘ but what about the exports’ crowd. Fine but start talking about the true cost and not just the top line revenue. Global warming aside what about water you can’t drink or you can but it probably comes with a high chance of cancer when consumed over a long period.
100% jays… anyone with a moderate understanding of how batteries are made and spout off that evs are our saviour are complete morons.
Seem like a bunch of dorks honestly. Wool industry in NZ is in a serious crisis and is about to go under entirely and they bang on about dairy farmers so you can kiss that renewable resource goodbye.
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