Re:Indonesia reports reduced deforestation, triggering carbo...
by kasey_junk on Thursday February 21, 2019 @08:57AM
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But it does hardly anything got the carbon costs of their feed.
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Re:Indonesia reports reduced deforestation, triggering carbo...
by mazsa on Thursday February 21, 2019 @09:58AM
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"hardly anything" = 80% of feed crops, foregone absorption of greenhouse gases (i.e. 32% of all of their carbon costs, cf. https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/54D29... )
Re:Indonesia reports reduced deforestation, triggering carbo...
by chosenbreed37 on Thursday February 21, 2019 @10:36AM
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Is the sourcing of seaweed in sufficient quantities free of cost?
Re:Indonesia reports reduced deforestation, triggering carbo...
by philipkglass on Thursday February 21, 2019 @03:34PM
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The active anti-methane compound from seaweed is likely bromoform:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10811-016-0830-7
It would be a cheap food supplement since the methane inhibition required only about 2% seaweed in cattle food, which in turn implies a bromoform feed content of only about 35 parts per million. Though no doubt some farmers would prefer to be able to say that they add seaweed rather than a particular chemical to their cattle feed.
Re:Indonesia reports reduced deforestation, triggering carbo...
by mazsa on Thursday February 21, 2019 @04:03PM
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of course nothing is free but they think it may be feasible: https://www.symbrosiasolutions.com/team