I agree we definitely need to eat less beef - I wrote the article and I'm vegetarian - but we also should take any opportunity to reduce GHG emissions.
"What gives us humans the right to do that? " I think many (not most) environmentalists never ask this question. They continue living their lives of privilege (travel, emissions heavy food habits, big houses with associated heating/cooling footprint etc.) and simply point fingers at those with higher footprints than them or with less nuanced understanding of climate issues.
I think shorter wheat was an important part of the Green Revolution
Borlaug's transformative work touched on that, I believe.
It is absolutely bonkers that we are trying to vaccinate cows to lower methane emissions rather than just eat less beef. We've lost the plot.
I agree we definitely need to eat less beef - I wrote the article and I'm vegetarian - but we also should take any opportunity to reduce GHG emissions.
By artificially changing the natural processes of another animal? What gives us humans the right to do that?
"What gives us humans the right to do that? " I think many (not most) environmentalists never ask this question. They continue living their lives of privilege (travel, emissions heavy food habits, big houses with associated heating/cooling footprint etc.) and simply point fingers at those with higher footprints than them or with less nuanced understanding of climate issues.
I couldn't agree more Rick.