Mike Powell wrote to All <=-
Cattle play a colossal role in climate change: As the single largest agricultural source of methane, a potent planet-warming gas, the worlds 940 million cows spew nearly 10 percent of all greenhouse gas emissionsmuch of it through belches and droppings.
Mike Powell wrote to All <=-
I wonder how much money the government is "investing" in all of these studies in order to eliminate 2.6% of greenhouse gases.
I don't know how they do it, but out west they can raise livestock in
near desert conditions...
Sounds like the "meatless" idea would be like robbing Peter to pay
Paul.
So although the livestock industry produces a "huge" amount of greenhouse gas, getting rid of it only eliminates 2.6% of said gasses. I wonder how much money the government is "investing" in all of these studies in order to eliminate 2.6% of greenhouse gases.
Mike Powell wrote to Dr. What <=-
Some want to go a step farther and eliminate most all farming by having
us "eat ze bugs." The ones that really grow large enough to be much of
a meal grow in areas where, you guessed it, there is a lot of farming.
So less farming = fewer bugs.
I liked how the story also pointed out where fertilizer comes from, and what it takes to artificially create it. Sounded to me like the net benefit would be somewhere near zero.
It's zero.
To farm bugs for food would take just as much energy, use the same amount of land, and produce the same amount of waste.
None of these ideas are to "save the planet". They are to reduce our freedom and control us.
I an wondering, too, if part of it is to get Americans to eat less meat so that the Chinese have more to eat. Hence my mention of them owning farms and meat packing companies in the USA. They bought up Smithfield in 2013. I wonder which administration allowed that?
Since most of that occurs through shell companies and 3rd parties, I'm not going to be too quick to point the finger at someone. Obviously, if someone dug a bit, they would see that it's China behind the scenes. But unless there's a warning sign, no one will dig.
IHMO: The Chinese buy up is a way to prop up their failing economy - for the short term. But that's normal for Communist countries.
Mike Powell wrote to Dr. What <=-freedom
None of these ideas are to "save the planet". They are to reduce our
and control us.
I still believe there is an "and China" part to that equation.
Seeing how much China controls the information flow, if we start seeing signs that their economy is having problems, then it's having REALLY big problems.
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