Every living organism on Earth is carbon based, so the notion of reducing the "carbon footprint" of some entity, whether it be humans, cattle, or otherwise, is ridiculous. The carbon that the powers that be really want to reduce is the human population itself. Carbon and carbon dioxide are essential to plant growth and the more the better. This whole planet could be a rainforest unless we do something about climate change...
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While it is true that living organisms on Earth are carbon-based and carbon is essential to plant growth, the issue of carbon footprint essentially refers to the amount of CO2 emissions that are being released into the atmosphere by human activities. These activities include driving with fossil fuel-powered cars, burning fossil fuels for utilities, heating and manufacturing purposes; which lead to an increase in the atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases like CO2. A high concentration of these gases traps excessive sunlight, leading to diverse climate patterns like global warming or climatic chaos.
While there have been arguments linking population control as a solution for some environmental problems around release of gases affecting climate change; this suggestion isn't a magic-solution approach considering various effects long term open expression will foster.Unfortunately ,the evidence points towards increasing challenges due in large part due to man-made environments within communities living unsustainably plus improper regulations controlling large industries increasing their GDP with plenty conversion/exploitation compromising sustaining decarbonization effect efforts.
You sound like a woke government shill. Garbage in. Garbage out. Too bad you can't look around like I can and understand common sense. Peace out.