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janojyys t1_ittqm6e wrote

27% of US methane came from cattle and another 9% from manure. 32% from natural gas/petroleum systems. So yes cows are a problem (not to mention all the other massive environmental problems of animal production)

https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/overview-greenhouse-gases#methane

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Archangel1313 t1_ittvf3x wrote

Cows produce less than 2% of the total annual global greenhouse gas emissions.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8567486/

It just sounds worse when you put it in percentages of a percentage. When put in perspective, it's a drop in the bucket. This is classic misdirection. The fossil fuel industry would love it if we wasted our time going after the meat industry instead of them.

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janojyys t1_ituqk2k wrote

Depending on the source, roughly 1/3 or 1/4th of global ghg emissions come from food of which the majority come from agriculture and land use for agriculture (of which the majority is cattle).

There honestly isn't much to debate here. I'm not trying to downplay fossile fuel industry emissions but food is equally as important even if it conflicts with your meat eating.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-021-00225-9

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RedLotusVenom t1_ituvyu1 wrote

Methane is a 100 times worse greenhouse effect than CO2 though, so that 2% has a much higher impact than you’re representing. And guess what? If we stop breeding them, that 2% disappears. Not to mention the emissions from growing food just to feed them.

But you can’t live without steak I guess, so go off

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