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by Asmita Gaire | 01-02-2019 21:02
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A cow does on overage release between 70 and 120 kg of Methane per year. Methane is a greenhouse gas like carbon dioxide (CO2). But the negative effect on the climate of Methane is 23 times higher than the effect of CO2. Therefore the release of about 100 kg Methane per year for each cow is equivalent to about 2'300 kg CO2 per year. Let's compare this value of 2'300 kg CO2: The same amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) is generated by burning 1'000 liters of petrol. With a car using 8 liters of petrol per 100 km, you could drive 12'500 km per year (7'800 miles per year).
World-wide, there are about 1.5 billion cows and bulls. All ruminants (animals which regurgitates food and re-chews it) on the world emit about two billion metric tons of CO2-equivalents per year. In addition, clearing of tropical forests and rain forests to get more grazing land and farm land is responsible for an extra 2.8 billion metric tons of CO2 emission per year!
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) agriculture is responsible for 18% of the total release of greenhouse gases world-wide (this is more than the whole transportation sector). Cattle-breeding is taking a major factor for these greenhouse gas emissions according to FAO. Says Henning Steinfeld, Chief of FAO's Livestock Information and Policy Branch and senior author of the report: "Livestock are one of the most significant contributors to today's most serious environmental problems. Urgent action is required to remedy the situation." Livestock now use 30 percent of the earth's entire land surface, mostly permanent pasture but also including 33 percent of the global arable land used to producing feed for livestock, the report notes. As forests are cleared to create new pastures, it is a major driver of deforestation, especially in Latin America where, for example, some 70 percent of former forests in the Amazon have been turned over to grazing. Source:https://timeforchange.org/are-cows-cause-of-global-warming-meat-methane-CO2 |
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10 Comments
Greetings basanta
I hope you are doing well
Thank you so much for this compliments
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Asmita
Posted 03-04-2020 00:05
Greetings ishma
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Asmita
Posted 03-04-2020 00:04
Greetings hema
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Asmita
Posted 03-04-2020 00:04
Greetings susmita
I hope you are doing well
Thank you so much for this compliments
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Asmita
Posted 03-04-2020 00:04
Greetings asmita
I hope you are doing well
This is a nice article
Thank you so much for this report.
Keep writing
Green cheers!
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Hema
Posted 18-03-2020 11:13
Greetings asmita
I hope you are doing well
Thank you so much for this great report
I hope to read more from you!
Green cheers
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Ishma
Posted 17-03-2020 12:08
Greetings asmita
I hope you are doing well
Thank you so much for this report.
I hope to read more from you.
Keep up with great works
Green cheers
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Basanta
Posted 16-03-2020 10:20
Greetings asmita
I hope you are doing well
Thank you so much for this report
Keep writing
Waiting for your next report
Thank you
Green cheers
Regards
Susmita
Posted 13-03-2020 11:51
Hello Muskan
Thank you for reading it..
Posted 03-02-2019 12:02
Hey Asmita,
Thanks for such an informative report. :)
Posted 03-02-2019 00:25