I heard something to do with Nitrogen and …cow farts(?) I am really unsure of this and would like to learn more.

Answer -

4 Parts

  • Ethical reason for consuming animals
  • Methane produced by cows are a harmful greenhouse gas which is contributing to our current climate crisis
  • Health Reasons - there is convincing evidence that processed meats cause cancer
  • it takes a lot more calories of plant food to produce the calories we would consume from the meat.

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  • thisfro
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    11 months ago

    Not really, the plant only binds CO2 from the air. The cow releases CH4 (methane), which is a much more potent greenhouse gas than CO2 is. Basically cows convert CO2 to CH4. I’m not sure about how much CO2 is captured vs how much CH4 is released over the whole process.