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105 sats \ 0 replies \ @nerd2ninja 10 Jun 2022
Meanwhile
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/New_Zealand_Steel_Mill_from_lookout.jpg
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @TheBTCManual 10 Jun 2022
Lol so basically make food more expensive as farmers have to pass that cost on to the consumer and drive up inflation and reduce standard of living, well done NZ
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 10 Jun 2022
I'd rather stop driving (already hardly do) and flying (rarely do) than stop eating ruminants.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @afizzycola 10 Jun 2022
not the farts?
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3 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 10 Jun 2022
Cows burp the methane actually.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @newman 10 Jun 2022 freebie
Smart...tax food in a time of massive food inflation. But, even worse, this solves nothing but the simple minded idea that cows ruin the planet.
Ruminant numbers are stable over the last hundreds of years (remember we had 80m buffalo in the US). The rumen is what creates the methane. Methane cycle is 20 years. Stable number, stable methane. Plus ruminants needed for healthy grasslands and soil.
Feedlots do add to methane because the waste is pooled and not used as natural fertilizer as in grazing. So get rid of industrial beef...not beef.
Methane rises almost exclusively driven by nat gas drilling. Bitcoin mining helps on that front.