Cement Produces More Pollution Than All the Trucks in the World

Re:Cement Produces More Pollution Than All the Trucks in the... by stephenr on Sunday June 23, 2019 @04:05PM (#20258334)

> A huge part of GHG emissions is due to deforesting and cattle

Deforestation is clearly an issue, but I seem to recall reading about a diet with some/more/lots of seaweed essentially solved the methane issue of cattle?

If the deforestation is to have space for cows the answer is obvious: cow/fish hybrids. Or cows with scuba masks? No need to collect the seaweed, no need to destroy the forest.

You’ll need bigger fishing nets though.

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Re:Cement Produces More Pollution Than All the Trucks in the... by hannob on Sunday June 23, 2019 @04:15PM (#20258384)

> Deforestation is clearly an issue, but I seem to recall reading about a diet with some/more/lots of seaweed essentially solved the methane issue of cattle?

Don't get your hopes up. This story gets thrown around a lot, but it's based on a mini study with twelve cows.

Whether this will work at scale or permanently is pretty much an open question.

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Re:Cement Produces More Pollution Than All the Trucks in the... by punchclockhero on Monday June 24, 2019 @09:44AM (#20263431)

Had the same shower thought as you. If selective breeding can make a chihuahua out of the wolf, why not make aquatic cattle out of the whale? Plenty of pastures in the ocean.

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Re:Cement Produces More Pollution Than All the Trucks in the... by stephenr on Monday June 24, 2019 @09:51AM (#20263494)

Bonus: automatic surf and turf.

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