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America has no use for hides, so leather prices plunge

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Re: America has no use for hides, so leather prices plunge

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This is a shame because if you search for leather goods online, you’ll find whole shops full of garbage quality leather called Premium Crafted Leather aka PU Leather. They take leather fibers and coat it in polyurethane to give it a “proper” finish.

It’s disappointing to see a race to the bottom with leather quality when it seems like there’s no need for that.

Re: America has no use for hides, so leather prices plunge

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Americans are eating more beef than they have in a decade? That's really surprising; seems everyone I talk to - not just vegetarians - have started looking at beef as something to be indulged in only on occasion. I assume the climate impact is the main reason.

https://www.nationalchickencouncil.org/about-the-industry/st... So beef consumption is up slightly since 2015, but is still far below its peak in 1976

Total red meat and poultry shows 2020 and 2019 as the 2 highest estimates though and the rest of the data shows a pretty clear trend line going upwards.

I'm guessing it has more to do with doctor recommendations to limit red meat for health concerns and so people are moving to other meats like poultry.

Re: America has no use for hides, so leather prices plunge

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://www.nationalchickencouncil.org/about-the-industry/st... So beef consumption is up slightly since 2015, but is still far below its peak in 1976

This is per capita. It would make more sense to get total numbers in this context.

I disagree, if we're saying that "this context" is the GP post's surprise.

Re: America has no use for hides, so leather prices plunge

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Americans are eating more beef than they have in a decade? That's really surprising; seems everyone I talk to - not just vegetarians - have started looking at beef as something to be indulged in only on occasion. I assume the climate impact is the main reason.

Huge swaths of America still see meat as an every meal thing ( myself included), and beef is a large part of that.

I would have a hard time without meat. There's so much food I don't like.

Re: America has no use for hides, so leather prices plunge

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Americans are eating more beef than they have in a decade? That's really surprising; seems everyone I talk to - not just vegetarians - have started looking at beef as something to be indulged in only on occasion. I assume the climate impact is the main reason.

That's why one should not make assumptions based on limited personal experience.

We have eaten meat for thousands of years and most people will not stop doing that, just bcause it's currently fashionable to say you do not eat meat or have reduced consumption.

Re: America has no use for hides, so leather prices plunge

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Americans are eating more beef than they have in a decade? That's really surprising; seems everyone I talk to - not just vegetarians - have started looking at beef as something to be indulged in only on occasion. I assume the climate impact is the main reason.

Your anecdata is obviously incorrect. It's amusing how folks on 'hacker' 'news' struggle with this concept.

Re: America has no use for hides, so leather prices plunge

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In World of Warcraft, there isn't any use for hides either. You can only cure them, but then there's nothing to do with the cured hides. The vendor price is static and set by Blizzard, though, so the prices don't change. I hope this comment has been useful to someone.

I would be sympathetic to the idea that in-game economies should try to be "real" except that Ultima Online tried that and it failed spectacularly (think: tragedy of the commons) and so they had to abandon it.

Re: America has no use for hides, so leather prices plunge

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Americans are eating more beef than they have in a decade? That's really surprising; seems everyone I talk to - not just vegetarians - have started looking at beef as something to be indulged in only on occasion. I assume the climate impact is the main reason.

The surge in interest in keto (and less so the "carnivore" diet) would probably have something to do with it. As far as meat goes, beef is preferred to poultry or pork on that diet due to fat content.
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