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> Also, the growing numbers of bison, deer and other ruminants around the world contributes to increase in methane levels. XKCD put up a well-sourced graphic d
by brandmeyer 7y ago
> Also, the growing numbers of bison, deer and other ruminants around the world contributes to increase in methane levels.
XKCD put up a well-sourced graphic depicting the relative amounts of mammal biomass on the Earth. Wild animals aren't anywhere remotely close to food animals.
https://xkcd.com/1338/ https://xkcd.com/1338/
- vneumanarc 7y agoI know. But a lot of that is due to humans wiping out most of the wild animals. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bison_skull_pile_edit.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bison_skull_pile_edit.jpg If you want to understand the scale of the extermination, look at the historic ranges of these animals. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bison_original_range_map.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bison_original_range_map.... There used to be bears, wolves, elk, bison, jaguars, etc all over the US. Not to mention billions of birds like passenger pigeon. They were all wiped out and in their place we have livestock. There is a reason why the state animals of many states are extinct. No california bears in california. No wolverines in michigan.