A prototype vaccine from ArkeaBio, a US start-up, cut methane emissions by 13 per cent in a first trial involving 10 cows, offering a potential way to reduce the huge climate impact of cattle farming
A start-up has developed a vaccine that cuts methane emissions from cow burps, with plans for a commercial launch within three years.
Cattle produce methane as a byproduct of fermenting grasses and hay in their rumen, the first part of their digestive tract. Agriculture is the biggest source of human-caused methane pollution in the world, largely driven by the burps and farts from the billion cattle farmed globally.
Guarantee you that there's a bunch of environmentalist activists who are pissed off at this. Because their real agenda is they want to harass meat eaters because they're "right wing".
They'll probably also say that 13% isn't very meaningful... and they'd be right. Both because 13% is just 13%. And because methane as a short half life. On longer timescales, it makes no impact to climate at all as it decays back into water vapor and CO2.
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I would like to order a rib eye, medium rare, along with a Glock 17 and AR-10
Throw in some ammo and a copy of the Bill of Rights
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newscientist magazine is such as joke. 😂😂
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38 sats \ 1 reply \ @Cje95 6 Aug
This is great I mean why not inject out food with other stuff for the sake of it ya know?!? They could label it a favor enhancer!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @zx 6 Aug
The hubris. The hubris ..
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102 sats \ 1 reply \ @zx 6 Aug
Isn't a vaccine technically supposed to increase immunity to a particular disease? So, here, the disease is burping and farting?
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @jgbtc 6 Aug
Another word that's lost all meaning.
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Oh a 'vaccine" ... yeah, sure, we all know how great the last one turned out...
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Turns out that cows and grass actually cool the Earth. But these people want to ban cows, which will harm humans. Humans and cows have always existed together, and there is a nutritional reason for this.
Rural land surrounding urban areas could help cool cities by up to 32.9 degrees Fahrenheit, an analysis in Nature Cities suggests, hinting at a way to cool increasingly scorching urban areas.
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