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A good chunk of the carbon in livestock feed was pulled from the atmosphere via photosynthesis. Hence the "cycle" part of carbon cycle. We're not feeding cows
by admax88qqq 4y ago
A good chunk of the carbon in livestock feed was pulled from the atmosphere via photosynthesis.
Hence the "cycle" part of carbon cycle.
We're not feeding cows liquified dinosaurs.
A grass fed cow is basically carbon neutral. Grass pull carbon from the air, cows eat that carbon turn it into protein, methane, CO2, we eat the protein turn it into more methane, CO2.
- adhesive_wombat 4y agoNeutral in terms of moles of carbon atoms maybe, but not neutral in terms of kg-CO2e (CO2 equivalent), because methane is much, much more potent as as greenhouse gas than CO2. On a 100 year horizon, it's about 30 times worse than CO2, and over 20 years, 80 times worse. Not all carbon is equal.