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[–] Krusty@quokk.au 19 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It's fossil fuels. Something like a 100 million barrels of oil a day.

But people blame the cows. LMAO

[–] Captain_Buddha@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago

It's BOTH of what you listed, and more, that are affecting climate. Just because something is a greater percentage of the cause, doesn't negate the other contributors.

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It's both. There are trillions of cattle producing an enormous quantity of feces every day that produce enormous quantities of methane, which is a far worse greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide per gram

[–] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

AFAIK there's actually less than a billion cattle

That’s why too many cattle, we need way less than that, a few hundred or thousand should be enough