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Cows may account for a small amount of total emissions, but they are responsible for almost half the methane released on the planet. Methane is a potent but rel
by darkerside 7y ago
Cows may account for a small amount of total emissions, but they are responsible for almost half the methane released on the planet. Methane is a potent but relatively shortlived GHG. So, removing all cows would be a sizable but short term fix.
- tunesmith 7y agoWell, that's what I meant by CO2-equivalents. They figure methane into the math that way. Removing that methane would account for 5% of the CO2-equivalent problem we have. As potent as Methane is, it's dwarfed by the amount of CO2 we've added.
- darkerside 7y ago> sizable but short term fix