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The solution is easy, cheap, and only mildly inconvenient. Feed cattle some seaweed.

• j-pb 6y ago
  The seaweeed is not a full on substitute for the refular feed. You still have the climate, land, and water impact of the majority of the feed. You're also stil stuck with the huge water requirements, antibiotic resistence, disease, and animal cruelty. You're advocating for a reduction of at most 50% of the harmfull effects. But going 100% is trivial, so why not do it?
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  • Eric_WVGG 6y ago
    Because I like solutions that are possible, and I can't think of many things more difficult than changing people's behavior. We can't even convince the public to wear face masks in public and that vaccines are safe, and you're telling me that it would be trivial to make everyone go vegan? Even discussing this is pointlessly filling the atmosphere with more CO2. I actually happen to think that our civilization will inevitably become vegetarian, but it won't happen within my lifetime, and in the meantime, some scientists have found a cheap way to reduce methane emissions. That's awesome! Stop pissing on their work.
• yboris 6y ago
  It doesn't solve the problem of dealing with water runoff pollution. Or air pollution (seaweed is not a 100% reduction). Or ethical problems with wellbeing of animals. Or health concerns of eating too much meat.