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Confinement vs. other methods really don't have much of anything to do with methane production of cattle.
by colechristensen 3y ago
Confinement 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.