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OKIsItJustMe

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20. Well, actually, some does come from methane from cows, although they generally belch it out

Reply to FadedMullet (Reply #18)

Tue Mar 17, 2026, 05:22 PM

16 hrs ago

Cows aren’t the only farm animals that produce methane either. The amount of methane produced by farm animals can be reduced somewhat, just as the amount of methane produced by human digestion can be.
https://www.wri.org/insights/reducing-agricultural-methane-new-solutions

Of course, reducing the number of animals we raise for food would be quite effective.

The rough figures I cited were for the US. These are for the entire world:
https://www.statista.com/chart/33334/greenhouse-gas-emissions-worldwide-by-sector/

This flowchart can be quite enlightening. For example trace where Natural Gas & Petroleum are used:

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