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>In return you actually capture carbon into the grasses from the atmosphere. That would normally just rot, but the herbivores digest it and make it bioavailable

>In return you actually capture carbon into the grasses from the atmosphere. That would normally just rot, but the herbivores digest it and make it bioavailable for the fungi and bacteria in the soil, where the carbon accumulates I'm not entirely convinced by this argument. A lot of the ecological arguments against meat-eating is because cattle grazing requires huge swaths of land. Current practices generate this land via deforestation (I don't have statistics on how much land is generated via deforestation, but we can at least conclude that it's A Thing That Happens^{tm})[^1]. While certainly, grass captures some carbon, I'm going to guess that it's far less than a rainforest ecosystem of the same area, especially since the rainforest isn't being actively consumed. There's also the biodiversity of a forest environment. [^1]: https://archive.ph/4pRMd https://archive.ph/4pRMd <- WP article

tomp 4y ago
> Current practices generate this land via deforestation Current practices in undeveloped countries. Advanced economies have been reforesting recently. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/AG.LND.FRST.ZS?locations=US-EU https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/AG.LND.FRST.ZS?location...
- roflyear 4y ago
  Livestock is generally bad for the environment, I think mostly the argument is mostly about "how bad."
hitpointdrew 4y ago
> I'm not entirely convinced by this argument. It’s been proven by Allen Savory and others, you can check his Ted talk here https://youtu.be/vpTHi7O66pI https://youtu.be/vpTHi7O66pI Even if lab grown meat is the next best thing since sliced bread it would be a complete climate disaster to not continue, and expand, holistic cattle farming.