Since there's no single solution to reducing global emissions, this is a good thing to add to the list of things to do. I think methane is also a more potent greenhouse gas than CO2 so reducing that is good.
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Adding a type of seaweed to a cow's diet reduces methane emissions by 99%
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Since there's no single solution to reducing global emissions, this is a good thing to add to the list of things to do. I think methane is also a more potent greenhouse gas than CO2 so reducing that is good.
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The second digestive stomach of a cow contains bacteria that produces methane as a byproduct of the digestion process. The seaweed contains trace amounts of something called bromoform which changes the reaction so that methane is no longer produced.
flawless execution
Not in the US. Mitch Mcconnell will block its production or import somehow and for some reason.
No, even if this works there are still ethical issues with cattle farming/slaughter and the amount of land it uses.
99% reduction of the methane from cows. Damn, start putting that in all cow feed now.
Oh. Sounds like it's not close to being mass produced yet. Hope they figure it out quickly. It'd be great for the environment.
"If we're able to work out how to scale up the seaweed"
Oh. Sounds like it's not close to being mass produced yet. Hope they figure it out quickly. It'd be great for the environment.
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If you're only talking about climate impact (e.g. not ethical arguments for veganism or whatever) then there are still land and water use issues for cattle. It's unlikely that people stop consuming meat globally but a reduction in consumption plus things like this to reduce the impact of remaining livestock is a good combo.
This made me laugh like three separate times. It's funny on so many levels lol
While this is an amazing use of this GIF, sadly it does miss the point.
There is still the issue of the insane amount of water needed to raise a cow, the power use and emission of the entire industry and the land needed to allow cows to graze.
As stated before it is part of the solution but I'd hardly say that this allows meat back on the menu for me.
(Don't see this as a personal attack btw, just wanting to vent my thoughts in light of the train of thought that this would give meat eating thumbs up again)
This is no rabble of mindless orcs. These are Uruk Hai
Saruman educated these carnivorous bois
It shouldn't because methane emissions are just a small part of the reason raising cows fucks up the environment. Land usage is the biggest one so we really shouldn't stop the efforts to reduce cow and dairy meat consumption.
This is just another bandaid solution but it was worth it for the masterful use of a top 5 lord of the rings quote.
Meat production still has a ton of other problems, and if we have to start mass producing this seaweed (which will presumably require energy, resources and some areas of production), those problems might just increase despite the decrease in methane. Having to feed massive amounts of food (& water) to cows is already a huge issue due to how water, energy, resource and land mass intensive meat (& dairy) production is and requiring even more shit to feed to cows isn't necessarily a net positive.
