Ireland would need to cull up to 1.3 million cattle to reach climate targets

[Rurudyne]

Just a random aside.

It has been observed that big herbivorous dinosaurs likely had fermentation based digestion to help explain how they got so big. Simply, efficiency of fermentation benefits from scale and a large efficient stomach means a big dinosaur.

Now, we have relatively tiny cattle that can sustain a flame … imagine the output of a 30 ton sauropod?

This may explain some herd die offs that have been found. A few weeks after a rough patch of vegetation and one unlucky lightning strike and, in the words of Henry Blake, they just went boom.

[SixFoot]

@Supreme_War_Pig

Tell 'em to send a culled cow my way. I’ll take care of it.

Hear him!

[Samm]

@Munimula1

Factory farming is a real travesty. For people and for animals.

You are right. We have more factories than we need now without growing more of them on farms.

What makes you think Ireland is talking about factory cattle farming?

[Samm]

@Munimula1

It’s inhumane, unnecessary, are harmful to the environment. But my main concern is the inhumanity. It’s wrong.

You’ve been reading too many PETA pamphlets.

[zantax]

@Munimula1

@Gaius

Methane is 30x more powerful a GH than CO2
and rice farming creates 10% of all global methane,
(more than all other forms of agriculture combined.)

Really there is no way to deal with agricultural GHGs without some SERIOUS switching out of rice for something else.

All ruminants (sheep goats camels, coattle) combines contribute just under 4% of agricultural CO2, so when we are done scaling back rice farming, we can work on sheep next.

I sure hope hippies don’t wear wool sweaters. Yay polyester!!

http://www.sustainabledairy.org/publications/Documents/DairyCap_Methane_FactSheet_Final.pdf

Data from cow farming lobby.

Oh yes, those evil cows who use all the water, if you ignore it mostly passes through them and is returned as ground water.

[Rodeo]

@Gaius

I found this really interesting article on greenhouse gas emissions.

Turns out the article is just over one year old, but somethings are still interesting a year later.

Why do enviro nuts hate cows?

[Rodeo]

@gooddad409

I could care less about ESG scores myself.

Amen.

I’m so sick of enviro liars.

How about we take good care of the world around us and not constantly investigate all the ways to cripple the world around us in the name of fraudulent ESG whatever that is score and the next prediction of a cataclysm that never comes true.

[LeroyBrown]

@gooddad409

I plan on continuing to eat steak myself.

Yes, we all need to do our part. Save our planet; Eat more cow!

[gooddad409]

@LeroyBrown

@gooddad409

I plan on continuing to eat steak myself.

Yes, we all need to do our part. Save our planet; Eat more cow!

The planet doesn’t need saving. It is in God’s hands not mankind.

[Optrader]

@Samm

@Munimula1

It’s inhumane, unnecessary, are harmful to the environment. But my main concern is the inhumanity. It’s wrong.

You’ve been reading too many PETA pamphlets.

P.E.T.A.

PEOPLE for the
EATING of
TASTY
ANIMALS

[LeroyBrown]

@gooddad409

The planet doesn’t need saving. It is in God’s hands not mankind.

And when a 1/3rd of the earth burns up just remember you had your chance to eat more cow and didn’t.

[Cratic3947]

@Gaius

I found this really interesting article on greenhouse gas emissions.

Turns out the article is just over one year old, but somethings are still interesting a year later.

Ireland would need to cull up to 1.3 million cattle to reach climate targets | Cop26 | The Guardian

The earth has been a lot hotter and it did not burn up. It’s also been a lot colder. Long before industrialization…

[Cratic3947]

Methane breaks down in the air. It’s half life is only 9 years. Irish cows are not hurting anyone.

Oh, and vegans kill more animals by weight and count because of the pesticides and rodent control needed to grow plants. Cows can live in a diverse ecology but wheat and corn can’t…

[conan]

@Gaius

I sure hope hippies don’t wear wool sweaters. Yay polyester!!

LOL which some is also made from petroleum.

[conan]

@LeroyBrown

And when a 1/3rd of the earth burns up

Shy is falling…

[johnrandolph]

It’s really too bad that the Provos sold out.

[Munimula1]

@Optrader

@Samm

@Munimula1

It’s inhumane, unnecessary, are harmful to the environment. But my main concern is the inhumanity. It’s wrong.

You’ve been reading too many PETA pamphlets.

P.E.T.A.

PEOPLE for the
EATING of
TASTY
ANIMALS

Haha. Did you write that one?

[Guvnah]

@gooddad409

I plan on continuing to eat steak myself.

Well that should help reduce the cow population!

We should all contribute to the cow reduction in that way. Count me in.

[Optrader]

@Munimula1

@Optrader

@Samm

@Munimula1

It’s inhumane, unnecessary, are harmful to the environment. But my main concern is the inhumanity. It’s wrong.

You’ve been reading too many PETA pamphlets.

P.E.T.A.

PEOPLE for the
EATING of
TASTY
ANIMALS

Haha. Did you write that one?

Nah, I heard it years ago.

[Munimula1]

@Optrader

@Munimula1

@Optrader

@Samm

@Munimula1

It’s inhumane, unnecessary, are harmful to the environment. But my main concern is the inhumanity. It’s wrong.

You’ve been reading too many PETA pamphlets.

P.E.T.A.

PEOPLE for the
EATING of
TASTY
ANIMALS

Haha. Did you write that one?

Nah, I heard it years ago.

Me too. Wasn’t funny then, either.