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But cows don't feed on grassland. They feed on soy and corn that was grown using twice its mass in fossil fuels and transported further than it would be to the
by Schroedingersat 4y ago
But cows don't feed on grassland.
They feed on soy and corn that was grown using twice its mass in fossil fuels and transported further than it would be to the insects. They the multiply its ghg severity by turning a bunch of it into methane. The carbon mass of cattle comes from the gas wells, (including fugitive methane which dwarfs the burps).
They don't live on grassland either. They live on freshly burnt down old growth rainforest.
We can, however, cut the number of cows down to just the ones that can graze, and eat vegetarian for the other 9/10 days. This frees up 70% of the corn and soy land too. If you really need extra high quality protein then insects are an option, and can eat some of the crop byproducts we cannot.
- ericd 4y agoSome cows do. If you want to eat cows that were pastured, you might consider joining a local CSA.
- Schroedingersat 4y agoAnd some deisel is produced from waste streams of carbon free agriculture which is equally irrelevant. It's not the referent when someone says "beef has high emissions"
- ericd 4y agoYou picked some outlier cows that live on freshly burnt rainforest. That’s not representative either, that’s the hyperbolic extreme.
- ClumsyPilot 4y ago> If you want to eat cows that were pastured If everyone eats cows that are pastured, you will have 1 small burger a month. Because that's how much beef pastures can support divided by the number of people that want it. The rest if bred on soy and stuff