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this seems like a self-correcting problem, doesn't it? according to science, cow farts cause climate change, climate change causes temperatures to rise, high t
by adamrezich 3y ago
this seems like a self-correcting problem, doesn't it?
according to science, cow farts cause climate change, climate change causes temperatures to rise, high temperatures kill cows, dead cows can't fart (well, after their last big one, anyway).
- pnemonic 3y ago'Dead Cows Can't Fart' is actually a pretty good band name.
- solardev 3y agoI loved their debut album, Explosive Bovine Buildup
- zitterbewegung 3y agoWell at the cost of increasing milk prices.
- chrisfosterelli 3y agoCattle are ruminants which means they play an important part in grasslands cycle because they can eat things that most other animals cannot. Grasslands are significant carbon sinks and endangered in some areas. Grasslands need grazers like cattle, which are the keystone species that replaced bison, and losing them can release more carbon, cause flooding, and remove the natural habitat for other animals.
- drewg123 3y agoThe problem is that cows contribute to deforestation in places where we can least afford it (eg, the Amazon rain forest), and those areas are far better carbon sinks than grasslands. I'm all for bringing the bison back; but we certainly do not need cattle.
- chrisfosterelli 3y agoI think you misunderstood what I was saying. Cows have a place in the natural grasslands cycle and if climate change makes those grasslands uninhabitable to them then that is bad. Natural forests should remain natural forests and converting them to grasslands to satisfy our unsustainable meat habit is also bad. Both of these can be true.
- myshpa 3y ago> Natural forests should remain natural forests and converting them to grasslands to satisfy our unsustainable meat habit is also bad. True > Cows have a place in the natural grasslands cycle Not really true. Cows graze on different plants than bison and have different grazing habits. It's not the same, and we can't really replace bizon with cattle, no matter how much would cattle farmers want us to believe that. https://grist.org/climate-energy/cattle-grazing-is-a-climate-disaster-and-youre-paying-for-it/ https://grist.org/climate-energy/cattle-grazing-is-a-climate... https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/publications/grazed-and-confused/ https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/publications/grazed-and-co... > if climate change makes those grasslands uninhabitable to them then that is bad We can safeguard these grasslands by reforesting vast areas of livable land. If you truly support preserving these native grasslands, you'd likely advocate halting crop production, reintroducing bison, and protecting them through pasture reforestation for climate change mitigation. Agreed? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biotic_pump https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biotic_pump https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/10/8/085002/meta https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/10/8/08... Climate impact of beef: an analysis considering multiple time scales and production methods without use of global warming potentials https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000010 https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal... Rapid global phaseout of animal agriculture has the potential to stabilize greenhouse gas levels for 30 years and offset 68 percent of CO2 emissions this century