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“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 governm
by 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.