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I sincerely doubt this fully compensated for methane emissions.

• darksaints 6y ago
  Maybe. http://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/animalsciencesdept/2016/06/22/cows-carbon-neutral/ http://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/animalsciencesdept/2016/06/22/cows... Bison in particular have such a beneficial effect on soil retention, aeration, and quality, that some scientists view them as part of the solution as opposed to part of the problem. Their grazing patterns literally turn everything they touch into more efficient carbon sinks. If this idea is to extend to other livestock, it would do wonders for swine, chicken, sheep, and goat carbon intensity as well, but it probably will never be enough to compensate for cow methane emissions.
• kuratkull 6y ago
  Do your sincere doubts have any basis to them or did you just want to blurt out something?
  • Robotbeat 6y ago
    It’d be nice if a citation was provided more than just a link to Google.
    • kuratkull 6y ago
      People seem to have varying opinions on what (scientific) sources to trust, I hope anyone surprised by/interested in this topic will dig deeper by themselves.
      • ben_w 6y ago
        Google shows different results to different people, showing us what we’re most likely to click on — a path to sycophancy rather than truth.
        • kuratkull 6y ago
          My link was to DuckDuckGo - it doesn't generate personalized search results
• lambdaba 6y ago
  We could fix that by feeding the cattle algae: https://www.agweb.com/news/livestock/beef/feeding-cows-seaweed-could-reduce-cattle-methane-emissions-82 https://www.agweb.com/news/livestock/beef/feeding-cows-seawe...
• xupybd 6y ago
  Methane emissions do drop when feeding cattle grass. It's what their guts are supposed to work with.