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Seaweed in Cow Feed Reduces Methane Emissions Almost Entirely

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Re: Seaweed in Cow Feed Reduces Methane Emissions Almost Entirely

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So this begs the mildly racist question, do Japanese people fart? Can they light their farts on fire? Maybe not if the seaweed in the diet kills off methane producing bacteria.

How is that racist? Just being only relevant to one race doesn't make it racist.

Re: Seaweed in Cow Feed Reduces Methane Emissions Almost Entirely

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So this begs the mildly racist question, do Japanese people fart? Can they light their farts on fire? Maybe not if the seaweed in the diet kills off methane producing bacteria.

i don't have an answer to your question. but Cooks Illustrated reports that adding kelp to beans makes the beans easier to cook:

https://www.cooksillustrated.com/how_tos/6385-flavoring-drie...

Re: Seaweed in Cow Feed Reduces Methane Emissions Almost Entirely

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Im bitterly disappointed that greenhouse gas emissions from livestock rarely enter conversation with people who care about climate change, so this is nice to hear it being discussed. Even better something which helps.

Im curious however if anyone here knows if the gas is switched from methane to something else or it just isn't produced in the first place and exits the animal as solids and liquids?

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