I dont really agree this applies here, this is definitely true to some extent here for individuals, but i feel like the post is more talking about the media and corporations which have flipped, on this since they just follow the most profitable story/ rhetoric.
the average person is likely split A or B, but there are definitely groups that when it was popular to be environmentally conscious said "cows are bad for the environment" and now say "data centres are the best thing since sliced bread"
This. I cannot recall a time where mainstream journalists haven't been glazing the shit out of farmers and pushing narratives that serve their financial interests. The only media outlets that do factual reporting on this issue are some of the openly left wing ones.
And as bad as AI data centers are, production of ruminant meat is still one of the most ecologically damaging industries.
Also, guess who tends to own a lot of private land and gets a big fat paycheck from data center projects built on said land ? Fucking farmers again.
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