BlackRose@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoEating meat creates four times more greenhouse gases than being vegan, landmark study findswww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square978fedilinkarrow-up1953arrow-down1270
arrow-up1683arrow-down1external-linkEating meat creates four times more greenhouse gases than being vegan, landmark study findswww.independent.co.ukBlackRose@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square978fedilink
minus-squarefriendlymessage@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 year ago A few hundred years ago there were 3 times more roaming bison than there are cows in the US today, so gas isn’t really an issue. I have my doubts that this is correct, or a very conveniently selective statistic, especially considering this Livestock make up 62% of the world’s mammal biomass; humans account for 34%; and wild mammals are just 4%.
minus-squareCrisps@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoFrom Wikipedia “With a population of 60 million in the late 18th century, the species was culled down to just 541 animals by 1889 as part of the subjugation of the Native Americans,” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_bison From USDA “There are 30.1 million beef cows in the United States as of Jan. 1, 2022, down 2% from last year.Jan 31, 2022” https://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/2022/01-31-2022.php#:~:text=There are 30.1 million beef,down 2%25 from last year. It was a factor of 2, not 3. Note: the dairy industry is much worse.
I have my doubts that this is correct, or a very conveniently selective statistic, especially considering this
From Wikipedia
“With a population of 60 million in the late 18th century, the species was culled down to just 541 animals by 1889 as part of the subjugation of the Native Americans,”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_bison
From USDA
“There are 30.1 million beef cows in the United States as of Jan. 1, 2022, down 2% from last year.Jan 31, 2022”
https://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/2022/01-31-2022.php#:~:text=There are 30.1 million beef,down 2%25 from last year.
It was a factor of 2, not 3.
Note: the dairy industry is much worse.