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Re:Sam Elsom's seaweed solution to tackle climate change by Grimburger on Monday October 02, 2023 @04:03AM (#37735188)
> Earthshot heralds Sea Forest's work as revolutionary, saying: "Applying such a solution to 15 per cent of the world's cattle population could reduce three gigatonnes of emissions globally."

Is that a lot? Strange giving no context. Yes I could look it up but whatever

Re:Sam Elsom's seaweed solution to tackle climate change by RetroTechie on Monday October 02, 2023 @06:55AM (#37736541)
~375 kg of emissions per every human living on this entire planet?

I'd call that... "significant".

Re:Sam Elsom's seaweed solution to tackle climate change by Grimburger on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @07:14AM (#37763511)
That's about a third of what a London-New York economy seat flight emits?

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2019/...

Re:Sam Elsom's seaweed solution to tackle climate change by nbar on Monday October 02, 2023 @04:06AM (#37735209)
Sam is a great guy with a true passion for this. Hope it succeeds.
Re:Sam Elsom's seaweed solution to tackle climate change by hawkesnest on Monday October 02, 2023 @10:27AM (#37738575)
It seems like this knowledge has been bouncing around for nearly a decade. Why the slow adoption? This should be a slam-dunk. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24465524/
Re:Sam Elsom's seaweed solution to tackle climate change by scherlock on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @08:01AM (#37750716)
Why would ranchers spend money on reducing negative externalities they don't have to pay for? If ranchers had to pay a methane emission tax, they would buy it in a heart beat.