Paul Saladino· MD
Eliminating all US cattle would decrease global GHG by .38%.
Loading…
The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
Eliminating all US cattle would decrease global GHG by .38%.
Every Sunday: the week’s new conflicts and verdict changes — and nothing else.
Native comments, Twitter mentions, and Reddit threads about this claim — surfaced together so the conversation isn't fragmented across platforms.
Bookmarking — the dossier-vs-overview split is the right call. Most of the time I want overview; sometimes I want receipts.
Would love a "what would change this verdict" RSS feed. Sign me up if it exists.
the possible benefit is a 2.6 percent reduction in anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions in the United States if you expand that worldwide they're a little short of four tenths of a percent global
if we wiped out all cattle from the united states they would produce less greenhouse gases but presumably we'd need more calories that would be nutrient poor calories to feed people and we would have to increase the agriculture so there is really no magical math that can happen here you can wipe out all of these cows in the united states that will reduce this 1.9 percent but presumably that's going to go over here to the agricultural crops which also produce greenhouse gases or into these other pigs chickens et cetera these other things which are going to feed people