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Re:Red seaweed supplementation reduces enteric methane by ov... by TheAdamAndChe on Monday March 22, 2021 @10:37AM (#26541416)
Only grass decomposed in an anaerobic environment would produce methane. Grass decomposed aerobically would produce CO2 instead.
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Re:Red seaweed supplementation reduces enteric methane by ov... by gambiting on Monday March 22, 2021 @10:46AM (#26541548)
But methane decomposes into CO2 on a relatively short timescale(12 years?) so surely....it's a wash?
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Re:Red seaweed supplementation reduces enteric methane by ov... by ufo on Monday March 22, 2021 @11:05AM (#26541870)
Those couple of years where the carbon is in the form of methane instead of CO2 have a big impact because methane is a much stronger greenhouse gas.
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Re:Red seaweed supplementation reduces enteric methane by ov... by s1artibartfast on Monday March 22, 2021 @11:10AM (#26541937)
Not a wash. Methane has 85x the impact per unit as co2 which has a half life of 27 years.
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