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Duppers

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3. Cattle equal 51% of GHG EMISSIONS

Reply to Eclipsenow (Original post)

Sat Apr 28, 2018, 11:08 PM

Apr 2018

"Recent analysis by Goodland and Anhang finds that livestock and their byproducts actually account for at least 32.6 billion tons of carbon dioxide per year, or 51 percent of annual worldwide GHG emissions."

http://www.worldwatch.org/node/6294

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Rotating cattle stores CO2, but what is the weight of a 'global average cow' to get final figure? [View all] Eclipsenow Apr 2018 OP

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