Google says its carbon footprint is now zero

Re:Google says its carbon footprint is now zero by throwaway894345 on Monday September 14, 2020 @10:31AM (#24470589)

Sheep produce methane which is far more harmful per unit mass than co2. I'm guessing sheep (especially plural) are less efficient than a fossil-fuel trimmer (maybe not after accounting for the carbon used to manufacture the trimmer?), but you could probably replace it with an electric trimmer and be even better off. Reasoning about carbon is hard.

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Re:Google says its carbon footprint is now zero by gdubs on Monday September 14, 2020 @10:59AM (#24470926)

It’s definitely tricky to reason about carbon. One potential improvement is the incorporation of seaweed into a ruminant’s diet, which can reduce their emissions by a third. There’s also progress being made on breeding sheep and cows that emit far fewer greenhouse gases. But it’s important not to ignore that the animals themselves play a key role in improving the soil (with proper management), which can lead to the storage of tons of carbon annually.

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Re:Google says its carbon footprint is now zero by boo_boo on Monday September 14, 2020 @12:19PM (#24471938)

Methane dissipates in the atmosphere within ~12 years, CO2 takes hundreds to thousands of years.

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Re:Google says its carbon footprint is now zero by throwaway894345 on Monday September 14, 2020 @12:22PM (#24471980)

Oh, interesting. TIL. Reasoning about emissions is hard.

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