California Decides to Regulate Cow Farts in Order to Fight Global Warming

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[–]happysmash27 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Animals are about 1/10 as efficient as plants for making food, so likely it is seen more as going after a luxury, or perhaps as going after less efficient, more polluting methods of making food. It's not like plant-based food is rare in California, after all, and for every pound of beef, one needs about 10 pounds of plants for the cows to eat.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Ruminant livestock (including cows) are particularly inefficient.