Tasty Seaweed Reduces Cows’ Methane Emissions by 99%
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Tasty Seaweed Reduces Cows’ Methane Emissions by 99%
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#2I feel like I read this same story once a year or so for the past 5-6 years. Why hasn't this been commercialized yet?
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#3There are many planet saving discoveries like these. There's also a catch, which is why the planet hasn't been saved yet.
> “If we’re able to work out how to scale up the seaweed to such a level to that can feed all of the cows and the sheep and the goats around the world, then it’s going to have a huge impact on the climate;
And there you go. That's the hard part that you cannot just hand-wave away.
You also have to wonder what the impact of growing all this seaweed (or harvesting it) to feed the planet's bovine population will be. In the end, the problem is due to the massive scale of human consumption on this planet. The mitigation might be just as bad when you consider the scale at which you have to produce the 'better' solution.
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#5There are many planet saving discoveries like these. There's also a catch, which is why the planet hasn't been saved yet. > “If we’re able to work out how to scale up the seaweed to such a level to that can feed all of the cows and the sheep and the goats around the world, then it’s going to have a huge impact on the climate; And there you go. That's the hard part that you cannot just hand-wave away. You also have to…
>In the end, the problem is due to the massive scale of human consumption on this planet.
The technology required to alter human nature to consume less or alternatively the technology required to win the deadliest war ever fought is going to be a lot harder to develop than it would be to grow a lot of seaweed.
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#6Research takes time. There are researchers trying to grow the stuff on both US coasts. This articled details some of what is being done. They hope to test some of seaweed on cows at UC Davis soon.
https://phys.org/news/2019-05-cultivate-seaweed-slashes-gree...
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#7I feel like I read this same story once a year or so for the past 5-6 years. Why hasn't this been commercialized yet?
No commercial incentive to do so. If we had any effective climate regulation, you'd see these things rapidly put into practice.
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#8I feel like I read this same story once a year or so for the past 5-6 years. Why hasn't this been commercialized yet?
There's just not enough of it, nor an efficient way to get it to every animal.
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#9There are many planet saving discoveries like these. There's also a catch, which is why the planet hasn't been saved yet. > “If we’re able to work out how to scale up the seaweed to such a level to that can feed all of the cows and the sheep and the goats around the world, then it’s going to have a huge impact on the climate; And there you go. That's the hard part that you cannot just hand-wave away. You also have to…
> In the end, the problem is due to the massive scale of human consumption on this planet. The technology required to alter human nature to consume less or alternatively the technology required to win the deadliest war ever fought is going to be a lot harder to develop than it would be to grow a lot of seaweed.
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#10Is this even relevant anymore? I mean, with permafrost thawing and triggering sudden soil collapse - forming lakes and bubbling up even more methane... to what degree do cow methane emissions even matter when looking at the big picture? I tried googling for some numbers but didn't find any concrete credible sources other than "most methane comes from permafrost thawing"