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If you want something immediately actionable you can do, cow farming is a major contributor of global methane (as well as deforestation). Cutting out beef shows
by rtev 4y ago
If you want something immediately actionable you can do, cow farming is a major contributor of global methane (as well as deforestation). Cutting out beef shows a personal commitment to sustainability.
- dotcoma 4y agoOn a personal level, eat less meat. Let’s say half of what you are used to. On a systemic level, you need products like Mootral that help cut the methane emitted by cows.
- linsomniac 4y agoA couple years ago my son and I watched the Mark Rober video "Feeding a fake burger to Bill Gates to save the world" [1], and one of the takeaways from that is "you don't have to go full vegetarian, you can take a step by doing Meatless Mondays". I don't recall if his video talked about Methane, I do recall it talking about the staggering amount of water that is involved in making meat, and I live in a high plains desert, so water is something on my mind. It's been fun taking small steps. [1] https://youtu.be/-k-V3ESHcfA https://youtu.be/-k-V3ESHcfA
- 8note 4y agoThat water use tends to include the full rainfall over grazing areas. The rain will continue to fall there without the cows