silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 4 months agoThese Cities Aren’t Banning Meat. They Just Want You to Eat More Plants. Meat and dairy production are linked to emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas.www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkThese Cities Aren’t Banning Meat. They Just Want You to Eat More Plants. Meat and dairy production are linked to emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas.www.nytimes.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squaren3m37h@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoBig oil has neglected to include well burnoffs in their calculations making those studies garbage.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoA lot of the satellite data for methane is already available. Researchers aren’t finding what you’re describing.
minus-squareföderal umdrehen@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoWhat makes you so sure there can only be one singular big culprit, rather than multiple culprits of different sizes?
minus-squaren3m37h@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoNo, but that 35-40% is not right by any means. That’s the point I am making. All old studies should be taken with a bucket of salt.
minus-squareföderal umdrehen@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-24 months agoOk, I see. But still, 99% seems a little much, given a billion cows, the vast majority of which kept under conditions defined by humans to increase milk and meat production.
Big oil has neglected to include well burnoffs in their calculations making those studies garbage.
A lot of the satellite data for methane is already available. Researchers aren’t finding what you’re describing.
What makes you so sure there can only be one singular big culprit, rather than multiple culprits of different sizes?
No, but that 35-40% is not right by any means.
That’s the point I am making. All old studies should be taken with a bucket of salt.
Ok, I see. But still, 99% seems a little much, given a billion cows, the vast majority of which kept under conditions defined by humans to increase milk and meat production.