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laggerzback t1_irwxiaq wrote
Reply to comment by Sylvaritius in New Zealand proposes taxing cow burps to reduce emissions by TDYDave2
In a way? Yep. I think so. On one hand, i know it would be profitable for the meat industry in the long run. Means less livestock having to get killed and waste so much resources while at the same time it covers the ethics of cruel rearing that does happen in animal processing places.
On the other hand, you might have people who have an aversion to lab grown meat and they might give up meat altogether when they realize lab grown meat is everywhere....
laggerzback t1_irw7tv5 wrote
Reply to comment by Sylvaritius in New Zealand proposes taxing cow burps to reduce emissions by TDYDave2
Not exactly the cow. It’s the bacteria that helps the cow digest the food.
Even for humans when we eat certain vegetables like beans or broccoli, we have bacteria that breaks down some of the food and it makes us gaseous.
Yeah, methane can carry some heat, but it’s not exactly what is making our environments bad. If anything, it’s transport more or less leaving the carbon footprint. Here, I have a video that explains the whole methane theory from 2006. It does explain the errors from the UN documentary and how animal populations from times before certain eras like colonialization were much larger and their output contributed very little to the carbon footprint.
One thing i do agree with is that there is a large problem with indusialization. And i would propose more innovative ideas like cloning meat to reduce the amount of animals being inhumanely treated and exploited in industrial livestock farms.
laggerzback t1_irw2om0 wrote
Reply to comment by Sylvaritius in New Zealand proposes taxing cow burps to reduce emissions by TDYDave2
My thing is, a lot of people are equating gaseousness to the cause of the carbon footprint. But the thing is, how is that the contributing factor when at the end of the day, it’s all circulating around?
Like, i remember ads going around telling people to stop burping and farting to protect the ozone layer.
laggerzback t1_irx0rba wrote
Reply to comment by Sylvaritius in New Zealand proposes taxing cow burps to reduce emissions by TDYDave2
I’m sure there will be, but it’ll likely be local butcheries and Farmers’ Markets that sell them.
I know speaking in the US since I live here, Livestock farming takes a small percentage of land here. Most of our farms deal with commercial agriculture, like the farming of corn and soy. Given a lot of our processed foods contain them both or some byproduct, that meets demand of food here.