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Originally Posted by Fuzz
The thing with methane and agriculture is it's basically a steady state if herd sizes stay the same. Because methane doesn't last that long, the cycle is now stable(and number of cattle are not in creasing in NA). It's not like burning oil, where you take locked up carbon and keep releasing it. So I think there is a bit of exaggeration as to how bad farmed animals are.
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As long as the human population grows and becomes more affluent, cattle numbers will increase, unless we change our consumption habits.
That being said, I've also seen non-meat eaters do ridiculous things, like eat imported soy products in lieu of meat, with the rationale being that meat is simply always a worse option. The methane issue is purposely exaggerated. For example, many charts will feature methane concentrations in "parts per billion", and then feature carbon concentrations overall in "parts per million".