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The federal government is proposing financial incentives for farmers in lieu of cutting enteric methane emissions that are released in the air when cows burp.

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[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Sustainable husbandry that provides the same amount of food would also require a signifcant amount more land, which comes with its own concerns.

[–] droopy4096@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago

We are a somewhat advanced civilization in possession of math and other science knowledge. Can we not figure out optimal balance instead of jacking everything up in our failure? I mean you're right extensive replaced with expansive is not much of a solution but we can estimate what kind of load can ecosystem truly sustain. Say, we return the bison and other mammal numbers back to what they used to be, then we measure population growth deriving reasonable ratio for animal consumption at which animal numbers can remain relatively stable. However that will not remove all the other sources of pollution. I just want us to stop "experimenting" on ourselves, animals and environment when we really have no idea what are we doing. In science you go back to previously known good state and reevaluate hypothesis... we're not doing that, we're just doubling down on insanity πŸ™