If cattle are causing climate catastrophe, explain the Serengeti. 1.5 million wildebeest, 200,000 zebra, thousands of buffalo, countless other ruminants. All producing methane. All grazing. All part of the most biodiverse ecosystem on Earth.
The planet's systems evolved to handle this. Grasslands and grazers co-evolved over millions of years. The methane from ruminants is part of a biogenic cycle that breaks down in 12 years back to CO2 that grass absorbed six months ago. No net accumulation.
What the planet didn't evolve to handle is burning fossil fuels that add carbon from 300 million years ago into the current atmosphere. That's new carbon. That accumulates. That's the actual problem.
But attacking fossil fuels means confronting the entire industrial economy. Attacking cattle means you can sell plant-based burgers and feel like you're saving the world while changing nothing structural.
The Serengeti has maintained itself for millions of years with more ruminants per square kilometre than any cattle ranch on Earth. If ruminant methane was catastrophic, this wouldn't be possible. The grass wouldn't grow. The ecosystem would collapse. But it thrives because this is exactly what these systems evolved to do.
Cattle are part of the same natural cycle. They're not adding new carbon. They're recycling carbon that was atmospheric six months ago and will be atmospheric again in 12 years. It's a loop, not a leak.
But facts don't sell Impossible Burgers, so here we are.
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@_NickKelly This is the most meaningless stat in basketball. Omoruyi was -12 but played one of his best games with 12 points, 7 boards and a season high 25 minutes. IMO, +/- should not even be on the stat sheet
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@mikerodak You seem so excited in posting the bad news but will you be as equally enthusiastic to post good news when the new Bama staff gets established?
Eat meat. Buy a gazoline car. Breathe fresh air. Don’t destroy your life worrying about seasonal viruses. Stop watching the ‘news’ - they’re all lies. Enjoy your life while you have it. The Planet will be fine.
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