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Your assumption of steady state is incorrect. The carbon that is being released as methane would otherwise be accumulated in the soil.
by twic 4y ago
Your assumption of steady state is incorrect. The carbon that is being released as methane would otherwise be accumulated in the soil.
- codethief 4y agoNot the OP but: Sure, rice does cause some non-zero amount of CO2/methane in the atmosphere that would otherwise remain stored inside some other plants (or the soil) but, unless we increase rice plantations around the world, this amount will remain constant. Hence, it's a steady state.