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If you graze animals the right way you can also increase biomass/help the ecosystem.

myshpa 3y ago
Not really true. https://newrepublic.com/article/163735/myth-regenerative-ranching https://newrepublic.com/article/163735/myth-regenerative-ran... 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.nature.com/articles/nature25138 https://www.nature.com/articles/nature25138 https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/publications/grazed-and-confused/ https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/publications/grazed-and-co... https://plantbasednews.org/news/environment/george-monbiot-regenerative-grazing-in-debate/ https://plantbasednews.org/news/environment/george-monbiot-r... “So any story that says it’s good to be farming these livestock, it’s good to be eating these livestock, is a story which justifies among the most devastating processes on Earth,” he said. “It is climate science denial.” Monbiot linked this denial to the interests of major corporations like McDonald’s, General Mills, JBS, and the Murdoch Network, who he says have “backed and weaponized” the idea that grazing cattle is environmentally beneficial. “The story is false,” he said. “When you make a grand claim such as this one, that livestock can mitigate climate change, either you produce the evidence for that claim or if you cannot produce the evidence you withdraw the claim. The evidence has not been produced, the claim does not stand.”
- steve_adams_86 3y ago
  For what it’s worth, there are other studies indicating this as well. There isn’t good data suggesting we can graze animals on a large scale and increase biomass in a meaningful way compared to other options. The trouble is that other options inevitably include “stop eating meat”, and people don’t like to hear this.
steve_adams_86 3y ago
That’s a big if. The vast majority of animals raised in North America aren’t grazed sustainably, especially if you exclude Canada. It’s kind of like saying you can drive without emissions when 99% of the world is driving gas cars, only in this case, there’s no trend towards grazing sustainably and no reason to believe it will start happening (whereas vehicles likely will continue trending towards electric motors). I just can’t think of a better analogy at the moment, but hopefully it makes sense. Proper grazing seems unlikely to ever be adopted on a broad scale, so it’s unlikely to matter that it can be done better.

Not really true. https://newrepublic.com/article/163735/myth-regenerative-ranching https://newrepublic.com/article/163735/myth-regenerative-ran... 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.nature.com/articles/nature25138 https://www.nature.com/articles/nature25138 https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/publications/grazed-and-confused/ https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/publications/grazed-and-co... https://plantbasednews.org/news/environment/george-monbiot-regenerative-grazing-in-debate/ https://plantbasednews.org/news/environment/george-monbiot-r... “So any story that says it’s good to be farming these livestock, it’s good to be eating these livestock, is a story which justifies among the most devastating processes on Earth,” he said. “It is climate science denial.” Monbiot linked this denial to the interests of major corporations like McDonald’s, General Mills, JBS, and the Murdoch Network, who he says have “backed and weaponized” the idea that grazing cattle is environmentally beneficial. “The story is false,” he said. “When you make a grand claim such as this one, that livestock can mitigate climate change, either you produce the evidence for that claim or if you cannot produce the evidence you withdraw the claim. The evidence has not been produced, the claim does not stand.”

steve_adams_86 3y ago
For what it’s worth, there are other studies indicating this as well. There isn’t good data suggesting we can graze animals on a large scale and increase biomass in a meaningful way compared to other options. The trouble is that other options inevitably include “stop eating meat”, and people don’t like to hear this.

steve_adams_86 3y ago

That’s a big if. The vast majority of animals raised in North America aren’t grazed sustainably, especially if you exclude Canada. It’s kind of like saying you can drive without emissions when 99% of the world is driving gas cars, only in this case, there’s no trend towards grazing sustainably and no reason to believe it will start happening (whereas vehicles likely will continue trending towards electric motors). I just can’t think of a better analogy at the moment, but hopefully it makes sense. Proper grazing seems unlikely to ever be adopted on a broad scale, so it’s unlikely to matter that it can be done better.