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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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[-] Gladaed@feddit.de 7 points 6 months ago

While it is voluntary we must not rely on it to solve our problems. What aboutism does not help.

[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 6 months ago

This isn't whataboutism. Whayaboutism is talking about some other problem.. Going vegan is a solution to the problem at hand. The easiest solution

[-] Gladaed@feddit.de 1 points 6 months ago

Having everyone not be vegan is a "problem" So is Emission from high meat usage/husbandry of cows, sheep and goats. I don't know a better word than whataboutism to describe that.

[-] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 months ago

Going vegan is a solution to the problem at hand.

did you try that?

[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 6 months ago

Yes... For 8 years successfully. My balls didn't fall, my health is great, and so is my social life. Nothing changed.

[-] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago

but it didn't stop cows from burping.

[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 6 months ago

Well 1 billion of vegetarians certainly did help create less cows.

[-] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 months ago

I believe there are more cows now than ever before

[-] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca -2 points 6 months ago

It will solve a large number of problems with minimal effort put on individuals.

The key here is that it doesn't rely on industry or government to make a difference, and it puts the power back in our hands. πŸ’ͺ

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