Killer cow emissions: Why isn't anyone raising a stink?

halv
halv Posts: 716
edited October 2007 in A Moving Train
Food for thought from the LA Times:

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-methane15oct15,0,1365993.story?coll=la-tot-opinion&track=ntothtml
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  • jlew24asu
    jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    is there anyway to stop it?
  • godpt3
    godpt3 Posts: 1,020
    why hasn't anybody done anything about it???


    Because the problem isn't that significant. In fact, this was easily debunked more than 15 years ago. Compared to the damage caused by man, cows are just a drop in the bucket.



    The real question is, why isn't anybody working to do more population control in Africa? Not only do you reduce poverty and hunger, you also reduce the production of greenhouse gasses.
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  • halv
    halv Posts: 716
    By not eating meat, or at least drastically reducing your consumption you can help in a big way.
  • jlew24asu
    jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    halv wrote:
    By not eating meat, or at least drastically reducing your consumption you can help in a big way.

    sorry, I love steak. fart on cows.
  • halv
    halv Posts: 716
    godpt3 wrote:
    why hasn't anybody done anything about it???


    Because the problem isn't that significant. In fact, this was easily debunked more than 15 years ago. Compared to the damage caused by man, cows are just a drop in the bucket.



    The real question is, why isn't anybody working to do more population control in Africa? Not only do you reduce poverty and hunger, you also reduce the production of greenhouse gasses.

    That's your word against all the scientists and specialists working for the United Nations Food and Agriculture organisation. Not to mention other top scientists from around the world. No offense, but I'll take their word for it.
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun
    LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    If the world is so delicate that cow farts can destroy it, we were fucked from the start. I'm not gonna lose any sleep over this.
  • godpt3
    godpt3 Posts: 1,020
    halv wrote:
    That's your word against all the scientists and specialists working for the United Nations Food and Agriculture organisation. Not to mention other top scientists from around the world. No offense, but I'll take their word for it.

    I'm not saying cows don't produce methane, I'm saying that, in the grand scheme of things, the problem is overstated. Did you know that the Space Shuttle also causes ozone loss? It's true. Every launch releases tons of aluminum particles into the atmosphere from the rocket boosters. But is it a significant cause of greenhouse gasses? Absolutely not.
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  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    jlew24asu wrote:
    sorry, I love steak. fart on cows.

    I too love steak...then they cause me to create my own hazard to the environment.
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  • godpt3
    godpt3 Posts: 1,020
    halv wrote:
    By not eating meat, or at least drastically reducing your consumption you can help in a big way.

    Good. Then we can have the Brazilians tear up even more rainforests so they can produce even greater quantities of genetically-engineered soybeans.
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  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun
    LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    These problems are really just symptoms of human overpopulation.

    Until someone solves the problem of there being too many people on the planet, all of these problems are irrelevent.
  • godpt3
    godpt3 Posts: 1,020
    MrSmith wrote:
    Until someone solves the problem of there being too many people on the planet, all of these problems are irrelevent.

    Voluntary Human Extinction Movement:
    http://www.vhemt.org/
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  • jlew24asu
    jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    ledvedderman wrote:
    I too love steak...then they cause me to create my own hazard to the environment.

    aint that the truth. speaking of, I had some steak tacos for lunch.
  • jlew24asu
    jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    godpt3 wrote:
    Voluntary Human Extinction Movement:
    http://www.vhemt.org/

    that world has gone mad I tell ya, mad.
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun
    LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    godpt3 wrote:
    Voluntary Human Extinction Movement:
    http://www.vhemt.org/

    Yes, EVERYONE should do this, except me
  • godpt3
    godpt3 Posts: 1,020
    MrSmith wrote:
    Yes, EVERYONE should do this, except me

    Don't worry... as long as the Pope's still Catholic you don't have anything to worry about. :(
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  • godpt3
    godpt3 Posts: 1,020
    halv wrote:
    That's your word against all the scientists and specialists working for the United Nations Food and Agriculture organisation. Not to mention other top scientists from around the world. No offense, but I'll take their word for it.

    Go read up on Jeremy Rifkin. He was championing the whole "cows cause ozone loss" cause back in the early '90s. Turns out he was basically a "scientist for hire" and ended up being a schill for the oil industry.
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  • halv
    halv Posts: 716
    It's more than just cow farts. Read the entire article, do some research. It's land degradation, the vast amounts of waste from the 55 billions animals raised for slaughter, how livestock drink more than 50% of our freshwater, the energy and resources used to grow plants to feed to livestock when it could directly feed humans, etc etc.
  • jlew24asu
    jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    halv wrote:
    It's more than just cow farts. Read the entire article, do some research. It's land degradation, the vast amounts of waste from the 55 billions animals raised for slaughter, how livestock drink more than 50% of our freshwater, the energy and resources used to grow plants to feed to livestock when it could directly feed humans, etc etc.

    I'm sure thats probably true. maybe I wont eat steak as much. least I can u
  • Ahnimus
    Ahnimus Posts: 10,560
    I use to say the same thing about bovine flatulence.

    However, the oceans contribute much more CO2.
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  • godpt3
    godpt3 Posts: 1,020
    jlew24asu wrote:
    I'm sure thats probably true. maybe I wont eat steak as much. least I can u

    have a nice salad. Just watch out for the e.coli.
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