• bioemerl@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Methane is a fossil fuel as well.

    Emissions from cows are limited by physics to be literally unable to do the damage fossil fuel emissions can. The methane in the ground isn’t.

    • silence7@slrpnk.netOPM
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      1 year ago

      Not really. Methane has the same physical properties no matter what the source. Only difference is when it breaks down, the resulting CO2 for cattle-sourced methane was has a carbon atom which was likely removed from the atmosphere when the plants the cows ate grew. The IPCC agrees:

      Methane from fossil fuel sources has slightly higher emissions metric values than those from biogenic sources since it leads to additional fossil CO2 in the atmosphere