Environmental Impact of Cows?
Kiwi-kiwi
17-02-2006, 00:39
So, I've heard that raising cows in the numbers that we do can be harmful to the environment, and I was wondering in what ways exactly? For one, I know they produces mass amounts of methane, and I assume the sheer amount of land they use up is a part of it, but does anyone have exact figures or know where I could find information about this sort of thing?
I have tried looking for myself, but I fail at search engines and often can't get what I want from them.
And for kicks, people are free to discuss what they think of the cows, the cattle industry, and the environmental effects of cows in general.
Drunk commies deleted
17-02-2006, 00:40
I know that cows are bad for the environment. I'm doing my part to stop them. I eat them.
Newtsburg
17-02-2006, 00:57
Alot of those claims are environmentalist-mumbo-jumbo. I'm with DCD, I eat as many cows as possible.
Some meat in your diet gives protein, and people have raised cows as livestock for, well a really long time, I see no problem here :/.
Cows poop a lot. A single cow produces 120 pounds of manure per day, and 30-40 times as much waste as the average human.
Drunk commies deleted
17-02-2006, 01:04
Cows poop a lot. A single cow produces 120 pounds of manure per day, and 30-40 times as much waste as the average human.
I heard that a Texas company was planning to use gasified cow manure to run a factory that converts plant material to ethanol.
Newtsburg
17-02-2006, 01:08
Cows poop a lot. A single cow produces 120 pounds of manure per day, and 30-40 times as much waste as the average human.
cite, please.
Kiwi-kiwi
17-02-2006, 01:11
Some meat in your diet gives protein, and people have raised cows as livestock for, well a really long time, I see no problem here :/.
I don't think the amount of meat the majority of North Americans consume (myself included) can be considered 'some'. :D
Newtsburg
17-02-2006, 01:16
I don't think the amount of meat the majority of North Americans consume (myself included) can be considered 'some'. :D
Alot falls under the catagory of "some".
The Lone Alliance
17-02-2006, 01:27
I'm sure all that methene isn't good for the air that's for sure.
Newtsburg
17-02-2006, 01:28
I'm sure all that methene isn't good for the air that's for sure.
If God didn't want us to breathe methane, he wouldn't have made cows.