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Plant-heavy ‘flexitarian’ diets could help limit global heating, study finds (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] naught 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Source?

Cattle are the No. 1 agricultural source of greenhouse gases worldwide. Each year, a single cow will belch about 220 pounds of methane. Methane from cattle is shorter lived than carbon dioxide but 28 times more potent in warming the atmosphere

from: https://www.ucdavis.edu/food/news/making-cattle-more-sustainable

[–] [email protected] -2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is a red herring but you know that grass fed cows don't produce as much methane right? You know there is a considerable amount of energy used to maintain the cow right? This is energy that would be used almost regardless if we are to increase consumption of grains rather than cows which is the problem. We are going to get fatter as a civilization if we start eating less meat.

We will replace meat with palm oil and corn.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So tell me, where are you going to get all that grass to feed all the cows with?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

Russia. We send them all to Russia and they can have all the cow villages they want.