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You just quoted an article with no credibility and zero comparison to natural methane emissions. Mind reading before plugging links? That was the first thing th
by sak5sk 7y ago
You just quoted an article with no credibility and zero comparison to natural methane emissions. Mind reading before plugging links? That was the first thing that came up for me in Google too, and the reason why I said what I did.
Edit: just looked up EPA website and found this: https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/overview-greenhouse-gases#methane https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/overview-greenhouse-gases#m...
- couple things to note: "50-65% of all methane emissions are caused by human activity" - I wonder how they define that though? Is feedback from human activities that flows into natural-seeming emissions such as permafrost melt considered natural? If it is, that's excluded from the 50-65% figure!
- Other thing: "Natural gas and petroleum systems are the largest source of CH4 emissions in the United States." - 31%
- Landfills - 16%, coal mining - 8%
That right there is 55% of human-caused methane and has nothing to do with cows.
I'm not saying the solution should not include all of the sources, but to what degree should we be worrying about cows vs. all that other crap? Shouldn't the focus be on natural gas and petroleum emissions?
Edit 2: I don't appreciate your personal attack on my attitude. If questioning sources and solutions that make the biggest impact is considered an attitude, then forget all civil discussion. Why bother commenting?
- irjustin 7y agoAgreed that link was not perfect hence the qualifying statement. You found great links/data that allow you to ask the question of cows vs human methane production. If you came across with that first, I think this would be different. If my statement came across as dismissive of discussion, it was because I felt you were not willing to provide to the discussion. Your opening statement "Is this event relevant anymore?" is a dismissive one. My "attitude" reply is a response to that dismissive opening statement. You may disagree with me on my interpretation, but I don't have enough karma to downvote. I am much more willing to discuss that now. What is the amount of the other 45% is cow methane? Is it a non-trivial amount?
- ivanhoe 7y agoAccording to UN, all live stock together produces about 14.5% of total human-caused GHG emission http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/197623/icode/ http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/197623/icode/