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It's also now known that adding a 3% concentration of a specific algae/seaweed to a cow's diet reduces their emissions by something like 80%+: "New Long-Term S
by loceng 4y ago
It's also now known that adding a 3% concentration of a specific algae/seaweed to a cow's diet reduces their emissions by something like 80%+:
"New Long-Term Study Could Mean More Sustainable Burgers" - https://caes.ucdavis.edu/news/feeding-cattle-seaweed-reduces-their-greenhouse-gas-emissions-82-percent https://caes.ucdavis.edu/news/feeding-cattle-seaweed-reduces...
So the current harm that is used as the primary reason [allegedly] for the push to reducing meat consumption (global climate change) becomes a moot point and actually a relatively very low added cost if needed to start mass producing and farming seaweed to add to a cow's feed; if this isn't part of the conversation of those pushing for beef alternatives, then realize they are ideological and not critically thinking - and may have ulterior motive, even if that's simply trying to generate/drive profit for their own industry of plant-based products.
- pessimizer 4y agoIf it's so easy to adopt that food additive, and it's so effective, we can also do that while trying to go meatless. If the additive works well, and livestock emissions (and runoff) become not a big issue, I'm sure people will happily return to meat (unless the alternatives have become too comfortable.) If it turns out to be hard, we'll be glad that people were pushed toward meatless. If it's easy, it won't ultimately matter that people were pushed toward meatless.