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Running the numbers on this, it seems as though one cow produces as much methane as 7000 of you (500L per day vs .07 L methane if random internet sources are to

• Grimblewald 3y ago
  Napkin math and unvetted reference warning but here goes: there is about 1B cows, there is about 8B humans. Fart composition matters as well, if we're counting methane as worse, more plant ingestion means higher fraction of methane. humans produce around 0.5g methane per day average beef cow of 500kg produces around 0.265g methane per day, average beef cow weighs ~1000kg, so lets say we're around on par for methane. So, if we get rid of cows and instead ingest plant matter directly, we would need to see a increase of methane production of no more than 11.11% to break even. however, if top google hits continue to be (if they ever were) reliable, we will see an increase of about 7 farts per day, from a 13-21 average for a male. This is an increase of about 33-54% so if in all the error that will exist arising from my franken-data and all the assumptions made along the way don't significant impact general accuracy, then we're not even close to breaking even.
  • myshpa 3y ago
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