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I first want to say that if you want to be a vegetarian, that is your own business.
If you think that doing it would save the environment, please consider this:
I am an Animal Scientist. I have done lots of studies on the digestive efficiencies of large farm animals. Which means I have measured how much feed and water they eat each day. I measured and analyzed the manure to see how much leftover food value was not taken up by the animal. And yes the gas emissions they give off.
I will concede that they do in fact give off methane, as well as other gasses. Carbon dioxide is one.
The average mature momma cow will eat about 16000# of forage in one year, dry basis. (about 12% moisture)
Now, for an example, lets say cows suddenly disappeared from earth tonight.
The same 16000# of grass would just grow up and not be eaten. Thus turning brown in the fall/winter. Decay is the process that nature takes to complete the life cycle.
That 16000# of grass will give off the EXACT same amount of gasses as our model cow.
The earth is a closed system. Nothing comes, nothing goes. Except for an occasional asteroid or rocket leaving our solar system.
When crude oil and coal was developed as a fuel many years ago, that is when the balance in nature was tipped.
You see, the carbon that was sealed underground was suddenly released into the atmosphere. Ok, one tank of gas at a time.
The burning of fossil fuels and the occasional volcano are THE ONLY was to increase our total above ground carbon dioxide level.
Plants take up this carbon dioxide, much of it is put back into the ground in the root system. Some of it is stored in the plant itself. Never the less, that carbon in the above ground part of the plant WILL go back to the atmosphere sooner or later! Whether our cow eats it or nature lets it decay on its own. It the exact same amount regardless.
Another thing to consider is this: Lets say that everyone in the world now is vegan. OUR wastes have to go somewhere!! That lovely smell you smell while driving by the city sanitary sewer system is OUR OWN METHANE!! As well as other gasses. Same deal there again!! If people suddenly disappeared from the planet today, It is the same as our cow scenario. The food we wouldve eaten will rot and decay, and the gasses released would be the exact same amount as if we ate them!
So if you would consider the fact that cow dont make methane, the real fact is it was there the whole time!! They just released it quicker than nature would have, but absolutely no more total amounts.
If you would like to ask questions, please feel free.
Sincerely, Bob
Age
50
Hometown
Waterloo, Iowa
Country
United States
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surrounding myself with people who champion the Constitution!
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