Cement is the source of 8% of the world's CO2 emissions (2018)

Re:Cement is the source of 8% of the world's CO2 emissions (... by throwaway698 on Sunday September 27, 2020 @03:24AM (#24604898)

About meat specifically -- one has to be careful when counting all greenhouse gases versus just CO2, and pure quantity of gas vs. effect on global warming.

Cattle produces a lot of methane, which has a very powerful greenhouse effect, a lot more powerful than CO2. So while it does not contribute to CO2 emissions that much, it contributes to the greenhouse effect proportionally a lot more.

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Re:Cement is the source of 8% of the world's CO2 emissions (... by tomarr on Sunday September 27, 2020 @03:39AM (#24604950)

CO2e is standard when talking about GHG which takes this into account.

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Re:Cement is the source of 8% of the world's CO2 emissions (... by dsirola on Sunday September 27, 2020 @04:34AM (#24605140)

The methane has lower cumulative impact and is a closed loop where it gets recycled over time. [1]

[1] https://onezero.medium.com/cow-farts-are-not-the-problem-f57...

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Re:Cement is the source of 8% of the world's CO2 emissions (... by takeda on Sunday September 27, 2020 @04:24AM (#24605099)

Oh yeah, I remeber also driving once next to a large farm with cows, it's crazy how much of the gas they produce.

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Re:Cement is the source of 8% of the world's CO2 emissions (... by takeda on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @08:19PM (#24634575)

got some downvotes, but I guess those people never experienced, you can close air circulation in your car and still smell it, it's that bad.

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