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G7 nations are ignoring the "cow in the room"—beef and dairy emissions
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Yeah. Because there's no good answer. Anything you do will be massively unpopular. Trying to get people to stop eating beef or dairy is going to be very difficult.
Once lab grown meat is affordable maybe it'll help.
https://caes.ucdavis.edu/news/feeding-cattle-seaweed-reduces-their-greenhouse-gas-emissions-82-percent
Yeah, I saw that as well. It's very neat and I hope that 50% reduction is seen in all cattle breeds with just a small supplement of seaweed. If it's effective without strong side effects, I imagine we'll synthesize whatever chemical is inhibiting the methane production and it'll become a standard feed supplement.
Absolutely not the case for beef cattle. They are far too expensive to raise and feed to be a hunger concern. They take so much land and food compared to how many calories you get from the beef. Pretty much every other animal is easier to raise and feed. There's a reason pretty much no culture or religion bans consumption of goats or sheep; they are critical. Beef is a luxury food.
Hopefully, it can be produced by some type of GMO grass and can be sown into hay fields.