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Why is livestock bad for the climate?
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I'll address the first two of your three subquestions:
Livestock is not climate neutral because different processes of the carbon cycle create different carbon-based molecules at ...
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Why is livestock bad for the climate?
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Two factors playing a role in livestock's contribution to the greenhouse effect have to do with methane being a more potent greenhouse gas and the fact that the conversion of plant ...
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Why is livestock bad for the climate?
I have found an answer for your first question. The Global Warming Potential of methane is much higher than that of carbon dioxide. Because methane stays in the air for a shorter period of time than ...
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Would fewer cows mean less methane emission?
Couple of thoughts:
(The OP's article is a low quality source of info with either an interview taken out of context or an inappropriately vague or under-informed interviewee. Reasons why will become ...
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