glastra
Joined 11 years ago
Joined 11 years ago
Maybe it is an excerpt of the first manuscript of the book.
Other than that, I find the concept very interesting, but quite intuitive too.
However, its effects on global warming are greatly exaggerated by environmentalists and/or those with vegan ideologies.
In my opinion, focus should definitely not be on meat consumption.
Anyway, as a disclaimer, I follow a carnivore diet consisting of only animal products. You can expect me to be heavily biased.
I'm all for removing subsidies to monoculture agriculture.
Regarding deforestation and so on, I think we must also take into account that "industrialized" non-pastured husbandry (is that the correct term?) is probably cheaper and easier than the greener alternative.
Sadly, it's usually a matter of profits and not a matter of environmental friendliness.
What I meant is that methane is known to have a bigger heating effect than other greenhouse gases, like x28 that of CO2 if I recall correctly. This is used as part of the anti-ruminant argument, when comparing the effect of methane expelled by animals to the rest of greenhouse gas emissions.
However, if you take into account the reduced lifespan, that 28-time increase is definitely less relevant.
There are, as far as I know, regions where the soil is only capable of growing pasture, hard to plant trees in.