• foggianism@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    The carbon that we dig out of the ground and put in the air, that is the ony one relevant to global warming. Everything else is just a change of phases in a cycle.

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      7 months ago

      Yeah but problem is that the methane phase is a much more powerful greenhouse gas than CO2

      CO2 in air » plant » cow » methane in air (cow bacteria farts and burps) » CO2 in air

      • RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works
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        7 months ago

        Also carbon sinks around the globe are being replaced by systems that are at best carbon neutral. Every acre of carbon sequestering rainforest cleared to farm cattle is a net decrease in our ability to process atmospheric carbon.

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          7 months ago

          True, add to that CO2 emission for transporting all that animal feed around the world