But not the same quantity by orders of magnitude!
Nah!! The cattle population of the US is similar to the human population. The average human eats one cow per year.
I was referring the the quantity of methane produced by cows versus humans.
I recall kids lighting farts with a cigarette lighter in college. Yes, it can be methane and flammable. But ruminants make methane to digest their hay and grass. I would guess they make more methane than humans.
Livestock emissions, from manure and gastroenteric releases, account for roughly 32% of human-caused methane emissions. Livestock production, primarily cows, produce 14.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
The majority of methane emissions (60 percent) come from human activity, also known as anthropogenic emissions. Agriculture is the predominant source of methane, with livestock accounting for roughly 45% of agricultural emissions nationally.
I reviewed a piece on line recently, that purported to state the policy positions of a faction. One item was protection of existing businesses. Recall the edict issued a few years ago, requiring electric utilities to maintain a certain percentage of their generating capacity that had a significant amount of fuel stored on site, which means hydro, nuke, or coal. This from the bunch that was crying about the “war on coal”.
Steve
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New Research Links Plant-Based Meat to Depression
https://scitechdaily.com/new-research-links-plant-based-meat-to-depression/
A groundbreaking study published in Food Frontiers by researchers from the University of Surrey found that vegetarians who consumed PBMAs faced a 42% higher risk of depression compared to vegetarians who avoided these products.
The study, which was led by Hana Navratilova, analyzed data from the UK Biobank and found no notable differences in intake of sodium, free sugar, total sugar, or saturated fatty acids between those vegetarians who ate PBMAs and those who did not. The researchers did find, however, that those who eat PBMAs had higher blood pressure and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels, a marker of inflammation, and lower levels of apolipoprotein A, a protein associated with HDL, a “good” cholesterol; PBMA consumption was, however, also linked to a reduced risk of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) by 40%.
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