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Wait. Is this a thing? Solarpunk is pro animal agriculture and meat? I’m naive to the movement/philosophy/genre, but still I’d find that surprising.
As for the video, it’s about farming practices today adopting solar. Pretty hard to avoid the reality of animal agriculture in that context.
No, I don't think solarpunk is. I think extreme reactions to things people don't like are more the norm.
It's content more suited to farming but it's content. Yeah, we need discussions about what content is suitable but quitting as soon as you see something you don't like isn't the discussion that needs to be had.
It's also worth pointing out that herding/grazing animals play an important role in the ecosystem and soil restoration. They can and should be incorporated in solarpunk whether or not they are consumed. Our best indicator of when humans arrived at a location is when the local megafauna died off.
It's also kinda surprising to me that people are assuming that this would be for mean animals specifically. I didn't watch the video but it seems to me there is not reason this couldnt be for non-animal-harming animal agriculture, things like dairy cows, sheep, llamas, goats, etc. Even horses for riding or smthn. As I understand it solarpunk is cool with that, especially of it's living with the animals for mutual benefit.
Considering SolarPunk is high tech, it’d be lab grown artificial meat and robotic agriculture if anything.
Solarpunk isn't carnist. And this article isn't solarpunk.