09-18-2023, 10:09 AM
(09-16-2023, 11:42 AM)hollodero Wrote: Farting cows have become the big "haha, how stupid is that" issue, I'm aware. Still, a cow actually releases about 200 pounds of methane a year, which is a way more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. And there's around 90 million kettle in the US alone. 18 billion pounds of methane per year has a measurable, albeit small, effect on the greenhouse effect, for the US estimates hover around 4% of all anthropogenic causes. It is not bull, although in a way it is.
(09-16-2023, 02:03 PM)hollodero Wrote: The second, probably more important point would be that while there always were cows, there never were as many cows as there are now, after humans bred them in intense agriculture. Their numbers have vastly increased compared to a thousand years before.
Yes there are more cows than before, but it is worth noting that we basically just replaced Bison that used to be here with Cows. There were an estimated 60 million American Bison in the late 18th century.
Still more cows than bison, but Bison are notably larger individually.
Admittedly don't know how much American Bison fart, though.
