Re:Emissions from 13 dairy firms match those of entire UK
by credit_guy on Monday June 15, 2020 @10:15AM
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This is factually incorrect, and the linked study [1] does not make this claim. In the study, the quoted 2017 level of CO2-equivalent emissions by the top 13 dairy firms is 337 MT. During the same year 2017, the UK emitted 464 MT CO2-e [2], which is about 38% more.
Now, if you want to compare these top 13 firms and see which country they exceed, you can sort all the countries and go down the list until you find one that emits less than the 337 MT. [3] is just such a list. You find that these firms emit just slightly less than Spain (340 MT) but much more than the Netherlands (193 MT).
Now, if you want to compare these top 13 firms and see which country they exceed, you can sort all the countries and go down the list until you find one that emits less than the 337 MT. [3] is just such a list. You find that these firms emit just slightly less than Spain (340 MT) but much more than the Netherlands (193 MT).
[1]https://www.iatp.org/milking-planet
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Greenhouse_gas_emissions_by_the_United_Kingdom
[3]https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=AIR_GHG