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Does that statistic take into account all the greenhouse gasses the cows emit through flatulence? If not, the number might be a little higher...
by Mintz 17y ago
Does that statistic take into account all the greenhouse gasses the cows emit through flatulence? If not, the number might be a little higher...
- GiraffeNecktie 17y agoIf people shift from eating beef to eating beans aren't they simply redirecting the methane emissions from one rectum to another? (In a manner of speaking).
- TJensen 17y agoCow farts are carbon neutral. Grass sucks the carbon out of the atmosphere, cows turn carbon into dinner and flatulence, carbon re-enters the atmosphere. Get rid of cows, and you'll have grass fires returning that carbon to the atmosphere.
- DanielBMarkham 17y agoYes but not all carbon is created the same. The methane from cow farts has much greater greenhouse potential than CO2, CO, and soot from grass fires. I can't believe I'm seriously posting about cow farts. Must get back to work. Must. get. back. to. work.
- wglb 17y agoMethane is a much more dangerous greenhouse gas than co2 alone. Eating less meat will make a bigger impact than driving less.
- bmj 17y agoYes, and properly pastured cattle sequester carbon dioxide as well.This doesn't mean the methane issue goes away, but if we could eat less meat, make CAFOs go away, and raise cattle in a more sustainable manner, I think we'd come out ahead.
- wglb 17y agoI am a little puzzled here--how do properly pastured cattle sequester co2? If you do grass farming, the cattle's manure will fertilize the grass, but I wonder if there is a net sequestration in the process.
- helveticaman 17y agoCarbon neutral but not global warming neutral. Methane is worse, like 1000 times worse, per molecule, than CO2.