Feeding cows seaweed cuts 99% of greenhouse gas emissions from their burps

Re:Feeding cows seaweed cuts 99% of greenhouse gas emissions... by spicymaki on Friday August 20, 2021 @06:31AM (#28244575)

3.3% of greenhouse emissions seems too low. Global livestock overall may contribute to about 14% of greenhouse gas emissions[1]. There are also other forms of pollution including farm runoff (ocean dead zones , zoonotic disease), land use (forest destruction), soil degradation, etc.

[1] http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/197623/icode/

correction: removed N2O nitrous oxide is also a greenhouse gas which is included.

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Re:Feeding cows seaweed cuts 99% of greenhouse gas emissions... by tpxl on Friday August 20, 2021 @07:38AM (#28244920)

My source only looked at the US so numbers differ from global[0]. Your source also says 14.5% is all livestock, of which 9.4% is cattle (so about 3x globally compared to the US).

There are of course other forms of pollution, a big one we could easily tackle I think is water pollution by the textile industry [1]. So much clothing today is of garbage quality and completely unmendable (the fabric is too thin to be repaired ):, I tried).

[0] https://www.ars.usda.gov/news-events/news/research-news/2019...

[1] https://www.textiletoday.com.bd/water-pollution-due-textile-...

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