Good moos: cows could help the climate
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 24 December 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Cows produce far more milk in rich countries than in poor ones. Our correspondent explains how beefing up bovine productivity could feed more people and reduce planet-heating emissions. Why Spain is the best-performing rich-world economy of 2024 (11:28). And remembering Harold Palmer, the Northumbrian hermit (17:12).
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| 1:22.9 | Spain is known for its sun and sangria, less so for its budgetary and fiscal acumen. |
| 1:29.2 | But according to the economist, it may actually be the best performing rich world economy of 2024. |
| 1:37.4 | And people often say they long for silence and stillness. |
| 1:41.7 | Harold Palmer made it his lifetime's pursuit, building himself a home, |
| 1:46.3 | a chapel and a bell tower in the wilds. The intelligence remembers the life of a Northumbrian hermit. |
| 1:59.5 | But first... I recently... |
| 2:02.6 | I recently travelled to a farm in Kenya. |
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