Reminder for the alarmist headline consumooors out there:

Plants release the exact same amount of methane whether they decompose naturally, or pass through a cow.

The "cow farts are destroying the planet" narrative is Grade A bunksauce.

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First law of thermodynamics rearing its head. Not that many people practice first principles thinking 🙄

This is not what they mean by this phrase. The "public" means this but "scientist" mean in combination with forest destruction. Burning down the Amazon for the sake of cow pasturage, for example.

Reducing net oxygen production from plants and canopy