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Cramming billions of animals together in confined spaces is really going to come back to bite us some day.
by padjo 3y ago
Cramming billions of animals together in confined spaces is really going to come back to bite us some day.
- xyst 3y ago“Some day?” It’s biting back at us today in the form of climate change. Beef production and agriculture accounts for a significant amount of GHGs. Yet governments, people, the world continue to do nothing.
- colechristensen 3y agoConfinement vs. other methods really don't have much of anything to do with methane production of cattle.
- xeromal 3y agoI think cows produce less methane if they have a grass diet but it's been a while since I've read about it.
- coryrc 3y ago2% seaweed in diet eliminates methane. Stupid it's not mandatory already.
- entangledqubit 3y agoIs there already a suitable supply chain for that to happen?
- mikeyouse 3y agoAlgae grows ridiculously easily - If there was a market for this (likely one driven by mandates to eliminate methane), you could have thousands of tons of algae within months and millions of tons within years.
- coryrc 3y agoIt's a staple of coastal people's diets the world over. There's half an aisle of it at the local Seattle-area groceries. Also, I don't think algae and seaweed is the same thing?
- BenjiWiebe 3y agoSeaweed is a form of algae.
- nkurz 3y agoInteresting. I hadn't been paying attention to this, but it seems accurate: https://caes.ucdavis.edu/news/feeding-cattle-seaweed-reduces-their-greenhouse-gas-emissions-82-percent https://caes.ucdavis.edu/news/feeding-cattle-seaweed-reduces... Yes, assuming the research is correct, this would seem like the sort of thing that should be mandated.
- 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 3y agoMight be better to do it with a pollution tax. Punish losers but don't mandate a winner, you know.
- gandalfthepink 3y agoA slight correction here. Beef production and the growth of corn and feed stock for beef production is the one that is responsible for extensive release of GHG.
- vlark 3y agoMe, I'm just waiting for the Great Bovine Rebellion of 2026.
- BLKNSLVR 3y agoCows with guns: https://youtu.be/lyqDvojqxc8?si=38_FRX_-gDFtj1fl https://youtu.be/lyqDvojqxc8?si=38_FRX_-gDFtj1fl
- throwup238 3y agoDon't forget the karate cows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxXjsQbCZR8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxXjsQbCZR8
- doodlebugging 3y agoCows with guns - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQMbXvn2RNI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQMbXvn2RNI Beat me by a minute of Indecision.
- owlninja 3y agoWow thank you for this. I don't think I have even thought about this song in 20+ years, but somehow I still know every word.
- rodgerd 3y agoIndustrial farming has largely destroyed the effectiveness of our old antibiotics, and every new one that is developed, they get their hands on and start destroying the effectiveness of them, too. It's already biting us.