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Canada wants to make cows burp less to fight climate change (globalnews.ca)
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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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[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Seems like we could do something better.

[–] rab@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, like not eating animals

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

lots of people have tried that. it hasn't worked.

[–] rab@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Barely anyone has tried that as a percentage. Even skipping meat every second day would be massive

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Nah too hard. Let's keep subsidising a dieing industry instead, while also killing the population with diabetes and heart disease instead.