Cow burps are a climate problem. Can seaweed help?

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  • Опубликовано: 19 окт 2023
  • Changing the diet of cows might help them release less methane.
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    There are around 1.5 billion cows on the planet being raised as livestock for things like meat and dairy - and they’re a climate problem we’ve struggled to solve. Cows have a specialized digestive tract that allows them to digest tough plant material like grass or hay, but in that process, methane is produced as waste, and the cows ... burp it out. Methane is a greenhouse gas that’s nearly 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, these burping animals are considered one of the largest sources of methane production in the United States, making up nearly 25 percent of all methane emissions.
    You’ve likely heard of a few solutions to this. The loudest one is probably the campaign to get people to cut their beef intake or switch to meat alternatives. It’s an important solution, but people are often reluctant to do it. So instead, some scientists are taking the attention off humans and focusing on the diet of the cows. What they’ve found is that certain additives in cow feed can help reduce methane emissions, and recent work has drawn a lot of attention to one unexpected hero: seaweed.
    For more on how the experiment at UC Davis was conducted + Kebreab’s TedTalk:
    www.ted.com/talks/ermias_kebr...
    animalscience.ucdavis.edu/new...
    caes.ucdavis.edu/news/feeding...
    For more on enteric fermentation + ruminant animals + methane:
    extension.msstate.edu/publica...
    www.horizonvetbrighton.com/si...
    www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/over...
    www.epa.gov/gmi/importance-me...
    Further reading on seaweed as an additive:
    pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33802...
    www.sciencedirect.com/science...
    www.washingtonpost.com/climat...
    journals.plos.org/plosone/art...
    link.springer.com/article/10....
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Комментарии • 945

  • @Vox
    @Vox  7 месяцев назад +260

    So... you might be wondering how we found out about seaweed as cow feed. It started in Canada when a farmer found that seaweed actually increased milk production as well as reproduction in dairy cows. After some research, he found that the seaweed also made them less gassy. Australian researchers started using different types of seaweed until they discovered that, in lab studies, the red seaweed Asparagopsis was hypereffective at reducing methane.

    • @WilfredWalterCarlos
      @WilfredWalterCarlos 7 месяцев назад +7

      Shark officially jumped.

    • @blorpblorpblorp
      @blorpblorpblorp 7 месяцев назад +7

      That's where you heard about it?
      Not from the Verge Science's video on the same topic two years ago?

    • @heyrobined
      @heyrobined 7 месяцев назад +41

      No we are wondering why you guys created a climate video with the sponser of A airline 🤣🤣🤣
      whose idea was that? 🤣🤣

    • @Ninjaeule97
      @Ninjaeule97 7 месяцев назад +11

      @@heyrobined probably that of the airline. Companies love greenwashing.

    • @beejls
      @beejls 7 месяцев назад +1

      Yeah that sounds like real deep science. Not. Cows are not the problem that airlines are.

  • @petar4onachev
    @petar4onachev 7 месяцев назад +1533

    "This video is sponsored by Delta Arilines" Congratulations VOX you managed to say something so funny it sounds like out of a GTA radio commercial!

    • @gustentingstrom8920
      @gustentingstrom8920 7 месяцев назад +43

      I don’t know whether to laugh or cry

    • @Imbatmn57
      @Imbatmn57 7 месяцев назад +44

      Yeah they're saying dont look over here look at the cows even though they feed people, no one really needs to go on a plane😂 .

    • @samsonsoturian6013
      @samsonsoturian6013 7 месяцев назад +5

      Vox went full Borderlands. Next the CEO will have a duel with Shane Smith!

    • @cptkirkpyro5656
      @cptkirkpyro5656 7 месяцев назад +18

      Livestock produce 10 times the annual emissions as all air travel. "The more you know!" 🌠

    • @freeman4755
      @freeman4755 7 месяцев назад +6

      I let out an audible sigh and then a giggle when I heard the line, pretty much like you said, it was so random/funny that it seemed like satire

  • @DeianiraJax
    @DeianiraJax 7 месяцев назад +1751

    Really bothers me that a video about reducing carbon emissions is sponsored by an airline

    • @underworldguy56
      @underworldguy56 7 месяцев назад +104

      Same. Very much sounds like them saying "Look over there!"

    • @EY_YES
      @EY_YES 7 месяцев назад +1

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @vatoloco744
      @vatoloco744 7 месяцев назад

      ​@TITM73both 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @Coffeepanda294
      @Coffeepanda294 7 месяцев назад +11

      This isn't about reducing Co2 emissions, so it makes perfect sense.
      If people want to reduce carbon emissions, one of the best ways to do so is to significantly cut down on meat. This is an attempt to keep doing a harmful thing because you'll be able to feel _slightly_ better about it. Like if you want to keep driving your car as much as you want, so you get an elctric car because they're (slightly) better for the environment.

    • @Grippybananas
      @Grippybananas 7 месяцев назад +4

      What would you have them do?? Air travel keeps the world go round

  • @CashisKingtrucking
    @CashisKingtrucking 7 месяцев назад +1981

    Can you do a video on how much pollution Delta airlines is producing on a daily basis compared to the cattle?

    • @X2LR8
      @X2LR8 7 месяцев назад +51

      What's the solution for traveling across the world in an efficient manner?

    • @CaravelClerihew
      @CaravelClerihew 7 месяцев назад

      Plane emissions are seven times smaller than cow farts, and arguably humanity can live with less or no meat but quick transport is integral in many ways.

    • @user-op8fg3ny3j
      @user-op8fg3ny3j 7 месяцев назад +216

      @@X2LR8 nothing. But too many people are using short haul flights when trains are better

    • @A.I.Mmusic
      @A.I.Mmusic 7 месяцев назад +86

      Or how we can change the diet of the planes?

    • @yassinewaterlaw6597
      @yassinewaterlaw6597 7 месяцев назад +16

      Sharks riding

  • @Eoin-B
    @Eoin-B 7 месяцев назад +278

    Is an airline company seriously sponsoring your climate series? Why not just get Exxon.

    • @fabiandrinksmilk6205
      @fabiandrinksmilk6205 7 месяцев назад +11

      or Shell... oh wait, they're busy promoting their premium gas in Fortnite!

    • @spooky.-
      @spooky.- 7 месяцев назад +7

      Why are you blaming Delta. There’s literally nothing they can do except straight up stop flying planes. Plane manufacturers are currently investing heavily into fuel efficient and electric planes. No ones in the wrong. Congratulate Delta since their funding videos like this.

  • @andreibriceag3899
    @andreibriceag3899 7 месяцев назад +583

    What about the plane farts? A video presented by Delta Airlines puts cows burps as a main climate change issue, while transportation, including planes, is the bigger contributor to greenhouse gases.

    • @slowbro1337
      @slowbro1337 7 месяцев назад +39

      A solution for a part of the problem is still a part of the overall solution fam

    • @TheSomeoone
      @TheSomeoone 7 месяцев назад +14

      Aviation is around 1.5% of greenhouse gas emission ..

    • @SamuelBeach
      @SamuelBeach 7 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@TheSomeoonea quick google says 2.5 but higher when considering other factors. Looks like a good article. Do a little research buddy.

    • @theresalwaysanotherway3996
      @theresalwaysanotherway3996 7 месяцев назад +2

      @@TheSomeoone and yet aviation makes up 4% of global warming, it's not just how much you're putting out, don't look at CO2 numbers, look at CO2e numbers, they're a more accurate portrait of the effect on the planet.

    • @Nimta
      @Nimta 7 месяцев назад +3

      We've yet to see the video on plane farts sponsored by Tyson. It comes out next week.

  • @NeilSchloth
    @NeilSchloth 7 месяцев назад +587

    Everyone: “pls stop polluting our planet”
    Vox & Delta Airlines: “sure but what if instead we sprinkle a lil seaweed on cow food to reduce carbon emissions by 0.009% over 100 years?!”

    • @slevinchannel7589
      @slevinchannel7589 7 месяцев назад +4

      Vox is overshadowed by many 'Small Content Creators' like Not-Just-Bikes, Adam Something,
      Edenicity and Strong-Town
      !!

    • @ccrider3435
      @ccrider3435 7 месяцев назад +1

      Try telling a dairy lover that milk is for babies and normal & natural weaning in humans = 2.5 years. Watch them do mental gymnastics.

    • @spooky.-
      @spooky.- 7 месяцев назад +4

      Tf is Delta supposed to do? Just stop flying planes? They always use the most fuel efficient jets because it’s the smartest business move. It’s up to Boeing and Airbus to make more fuel efficient or electric planes, which they are both heavily investing in.

    • @zlac
      @zlac 6 месяцев назад

      ​​@@ccrider3435It doesn't matter. We evolved lactose tolerance because we are drinking milk for 10000 years or more. People who were lactose intolerant literally had less chance of reproduction for thousands of years. Lactose tolerance evolved FAST, that's how much of a difference it makes.
      One might argue that being a lactose intolerant man decreases your mating chances even today simply because women (on average) don't like men with constant stinky farts, and they don't like picky eaters.😂

    • @opax
      @opax 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@ccrider3435 What is the argument or point here, abolish milk? The strength in humanity that has brought us far is our adaptability, stop trying to chain us down to how we WERE. The truth is some of the most loved dishes in the world were discovered during famines when people needed to get creative so whether its not similar to our cavemen ancestors is irrelevant. But go ahead and call basic logic mental gymnastics.

  • @FrankWeaver
    @FrankWeaver 7 месяцев назад +375

    I feel bad about not donating to independent journalism of vox and they and to rely to the air industry to sponsor a climate change video …

    • @metalitcomesfromhell
      @metalitcomesfromhell 7 месяцев назад +19

      There's no such thing as independent journalism. Telling people facts doesn't make money. You have to sell something.

    • @alezanders
      @alezanders 7 месяцев назад +18

      ⁠​⁠​⁠@@metalitcomesfromhellThat’s not what’s independent means in this context, it just means they aren’t associated with a company with an agenda other than their journalism. Of course every company has to make money, but that doesn’t invalidate their independence from outside influence.

    • @alezanders
      @alezanders 7 месяцев назад +2

      ⁠​⁠​⁠@@metalitcomesfromhellThat’s not what’s independent means in this context, it just means they aren’t associated with a company with an agenda other than their journalism. Of course every company has to make money, but that doesn’t invalidate their independence from outside influence.

    • @triptenator
      @triptenator 7 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@alezandersI disagree with the assessment that this is independent journalism under any definition. At the top of the video, an airline is noted as sponsoring it. Airlines have a vested interest in highlighting any cause of global warming other than their emissions.

    • @JJONNYREPP
      @JJONNYREPP 7 месяцев назад

      Cow burps are a climate problem. Can seaweed help? 0635am 23.10.23 maybe yer cows need a salt lick or ten!!!!?

  • @dinocaster3371
    @dinocaster3371 7 месяцев назад +394

    Humans farming cows and then blaming the cows for burping is such a human thing to do

    • @jonnybloggs6790
      @jonnybloggs6790 7 месяцев назад +1

      Yeh they never mentioned the 58 odd volcano’s currently erupting daily spewing tones of toxic gas into the air yet they never ever mention them cos that would totally fukc up the narrative eh

    • @eslek6644
      @eslek6644 7 месяцев назад +2

      😂

    • @japieb
      @japieb 7 месяцев назад +13

      And inhumane at the same time

    • @enzmondo
      @enzmondo 7 месяцев назад +5

      It's sucha Delta thing to do

  • @TheJensPeeters
    @TheJensPeeters 7 месяцев назад +274

    Multifaceted answer: first of all: you know the delta sponsorship is harming your brand... Then there is so much complexity around the ethics of the algae. I did four presentations in my plant biotech degree about it and was in a founding team of a start up trying to grow it. The main things I am unsure about is A is this just something people are supporting to avoid the hard things. I looked at the companies investing in this and it is big dairies so they want to save their business even if it's bad on so many levels (feed intake, exploiting and killing complex mammals, land use, zoonosis, still high CO2 emissions a.o.), B where does the bromine go after it's done its job: atmosphere? (Would be bad because bromoform is a ozone depleting gas), the products? (Would be bad for human and animal health) or excrements? (Would be bad because we are spreading bromine on our fields where it doesn't belong.

    • @eslek6644
      @eslek6644 7 месяцев назад +1

      +

    • @spooky.-
      @spooky.- 7 месяцев назад +2

      Mr.Yapper over here

  • @walinden
    @walinden 7 месяцев назад +168

    Presented by DELTA?! You're rigth, the cows must be the problem.

    • @cptkirkpyro5656
      @cptkirkpyro5656 7 месяцев назад +9

      Livestock produces 10 times the annual emissions of all air travel. "The more you know!" 🌠

    • @moaen1
      @moaen1 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@cptkirkpyro5656cow isn't all live stock.

    • @ninanando
      @ninanando 7 месяцев назад

      @@moaen140% of methane emissions are from cows

    • @momofighter3211
      @momofighter3211 2 месяца назад +1

      Vegefacists!!

  • @cunningham-code
    @cunningham-code 7 месяцев назад +185

    This video was really dismissive of our ability to use cultural change to cut beef consumption, probably because companies like Delta wouldn’t want us to do that with other industries…like air travel.

    • @dukes1993724
      @dukes1993724 7 месяцев назад +8

      YOU WILL EAT ZE BUGS! 🐛

    • @v.ra.
      @v.ra. 7 месяцев назад

      This.

    • @fuwe
      @fuwe 7 месяцев назад +2

      Individual actions can't affect systemic problems, this is true no matter how you slice it. Delta is asking consumers to not change anything about their diets and asserting that technology will solve all the problems of climate change before it becomes a problem, which has and never will be true, but the problem isn't consumers its the systems that perpetuate the emissions.
      Letting companies decide when to stop polluting is just helping them pollute more, walmart isn't gonna stop stocking plastic bags when consumers stop buying them, they'll just continue to use the cheapest option because its the cheapest option and people need bags either way. What does stop companies from stocking plastic bags is systemic action to force them to stop, government regulation. If you want to effect change in your community, join and vote in your local council because thats the only way you're gonna see local change.

    • @temple69
      @temple69 7 месяцев назад

      @@Kashgarisomeone’s addicted to meat😂

    • @cannapurp2833
      @cannapurp2833 7 месяцев назад

      Guilting people into cutting their consumption of meat so that the temperature will rise by 0.0004 less of a degree, based on inconsistent reporting of the effects of that raised temperature, will do more harm than good.
      Steak tasted really good tonight!

  • @CrzyMan_Personal
    @CrzyMan_Personal 7 месяцев назад +95

    This... is exactly what I expect from Delta.... "Guys, how about, instead of changing our consumption/production habits, how about we just feed the cows something else?"

    • @slevinchannel7589
      @slevinchannel7589 7 месяцев назад +2

      Vox is overshadowed by many like Not-Just-Bikes, Adam Something,
      Edenicity and Strong-Town

    • @spaghettibird5135
      @spaghettibird5135 7 месяцев назад +4

      This is actually a legitimate well-researched concept! It's an unfortunate sponsor but it's true methane from cows is a huge problem and this could be a potential solution!

    • @CrzyMan_Personal
      @CrzyMan_Personal 7 месяцев назад +3

      @@spaghettibird5135 I completely agree! But this aligns well with diversion tactics. It's incredibly common for major polluters to say "don't look at us, look over there, let's clean that up!" And then they continue to pollute or even increase their pollution because "well, if you take into account that cleanup, we're actually trending down!". That's why carbon credits are tricky. "Oh, I can just buy these thingies and ramp up production without getting major fines? Let's do it!"

    • @spooky.-
      @spooky.- 7 месяцев назад

      Yeah who would have thought a company doesn’t want to willingly destroy itself! They’re waiting for more fuel efficient and electric planes.

  • @ArturoStojanoff
    @ArturoStojanoff 7 месяцев назад +31

    I know it's much better for them to say who sponsors their content outright, and that they need to fund their reporting somehow, but it's hilarious that this piece, out of all of them, is sponsored by an airline.

  • @truckjumperdude
    @truckjumperdude 7 месяцев назад +136

    0:55 ah yes a video about solving climate change problems presented by an airline, one of the biggest culprits of greenhouse gas emissions

    • @DeianiraJax
      @DeianiraJax 7 месяцев назад +13

      Right? This stuff is important but it's just a distraction so nobody thinks about the actual biggest carbon emitters.

    • @CaptivatingAnecdote
      @CaptivatingAnecdote 7 месяцев назад

      HAHAH is this a joke???

    • @cptkirkpyro5656
      @cptkirkpyro5656 7 месяцев назад +3

      Livestock produces 10 times the annual emissions of all air travel. "The more you know!" 🌠

    • @danielpicassomunoz2752
      @danielpicassomunoz2752 7 месяцев назад

      I'd say te culprits are both the clients, the staff and stakeholders all who benefit form the existence of the airlines

    • @iceman7179
      @iceman7179 7 месяцев назад +1

      Aviation accounts for only about 3% of Global CO2 emissions. It is far from being a "big culprit" to greenhouse gasses. Do you want to not travel for the holidays and see your grandma?

  • @loujeanjacket
    @loujeanjacket 7 месяцев назад +91

    don't blame animals that can't help it, blame companies that can help it

    • @christinavanbeek
      @christinavanbeek 7 месяцев назад

      Blame the companies that breed the animals just to profit from them.

    • @samsonsoturian6013
      @samsonsoturian6013 7 месяцев назад +19

      Blame the guy eating cows: You.

    • @kristineanderson4983
      @kristineanderson4983 7 месяцев назад +2

      And what's your contribution?

    • @samsonsoturian6013
      @samsonsoturian6013 7 месяцев назад

      She's the customer that screams at cashier for no reason@@kristineanderson4983

    • @majdthaher7823
      @majdthaher7823 7 месяцев назад

      they're saying don't blame animals that can't help/control gas that is being produced by unaware animals, blame the companies that have the ability (but do not actually) make good decisions that affect how much emissions are being produced@@kristineanderson4983

  • @skadimaniac
    @skadimaniac 7 месяцев назад +22

    Becuase we will rather change the cows than ever change ourselves... it's just sad at this point

  • @SergioEduP
    @SergioEduP 7 месяцев назад +11

    I really love it when humanity creates a problem and then blames it on nature for existing. The biosphere existed way before us humans, and it was as close to perfectly designed and balanced as it could be, then we came along and started breaking the balance that kept it working.

  • @EladLerner
    @EladLerner 7 месяцев назад +41

    Thank you Delta Airlines for making me forget and ignore all the other ethical, ecological, and economic problems of the meat industry. Thanks for re-affirming me that changing my diet is just SO HARD. You're the best, Delta Airlines!♥

    • @JackGregson123
      @JackGregson123 7 месяцев назад +3

      Word 🙌

    • @spooky.-
      @spooky.- 7 месяцев назад +1

      So Deltas in the wrong for wanting to reduce carbon emissions? What do you want them to do, stop flying?

    • @EladLerner
      @EladLerner 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@spooky.- YES! Less sarcasticly: I don't want them to distract the people from the major contributors to climate change by pointing the finger at minor emitters and suggesting unproven and futuristic solutions, while they themselves aren't blamed at all.

  • @alvaroprieto2092
    @alvaroprieto2092 7 месяцев назад +15

    Gus Fring gave up chicken and took up cow science

  • @wizaaeed
    @wizaaeed 7 месяцев назад +5

    Not Americans trying to reduce cow emissions, while driving their v16 trucks to the shop and back

  • @ianharas44
    @ianharas44 7 месяцев назад +32

    I disagree, even if it's proved that the seaweed is capable of reducing the methane emissions of cows in a significant way, there are other problems like water and land use. But the biggest issue is the ethical one, specifically of raising and killing millions of animals in horrible conditions just to eat them.

    • @muhammadadambinmohdrazihan9988
      @muhammadadambinmohdrazihan9988 7 месяцев назад +4

      That's why i only buy free range beef. Yes it is more expansive but the taste is worth it.🤤

    • @Sgtpeterenis
      @Sgtpeterenis 7 месяцев назад +4

      @@muhammadadambinmohdrazihan9988 and you get that meat without killing them? Or is killing now okay with you as long as you let them go outside every once in a while?

    • @ocean6462
      @ocean6462 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@muhammadadambinmohdrazihan9988honestly try being vegetarian or pescetsrian, including plant based meats. If you haven't tried it, try impossible beef. It performs really well in blind taste tests, people often can't tell the difference between it and livestock beef. Give it a good try for multiple months. Eat vegetarian food in a way that satisfies all your nutritional needs, get enough high quality protein. I think some fish and eggs are good for the best diet but other than that you don't need meat at all. Beef is really bad for the environment as you know, even compared to other meat.
      Also you should really do research as to which labels you can trust, and Google the companies to see what the labels really mean. Free range, or cage free chicken for example just means they're not in cages, but they can be in completely cramped factory farms, living their lives in misery for human consumption. Look for certified humane if you want some confidence, but even then there's no guarantee that it's true- look at how each label is regulated by the USDA.

    • @mitchelledgecomb9941
      @mitchelledgecomb9941 7 месяцев назад

      @@muhammadadambinmohdrazihan9988 Free range beef is actually worse for the planet, around 50% of arable land is already taken up for livestock grazing. Factory farming is actually better for the environment considering it massively cuts down on land use in a way rotational grazing can't. Switching to 100% organic free range meat would quite literally mean clearing every single forest on earth for an unsustainable food source, an increase in land use equivalent to North America

    • @mitchelledgecomb9941
      @mitchelledgecomb9941 7 месяцев назад

      @@muhammadadambinmohdrazihan9988 Try eating plant-based meat alternatives, 90% of soya and corn are used to feed animals so eating animal products is not only killing the planet its responsible for world hunger

  • @eDRoaCH
    @eDRoaCH 7 месяцев назад +50

    This story is interesting and valid on its own, and I follow you because I enjoy the stories you produce. But the sponsorship gives the whole video an air of greenwashing that reduces its impact for me

    • @Ashkanman
      @Ashkanman 7 месяцев назад +1

      The science is sound. Whoever pays for it is irrelevant as long as it's the truth

  • @veggieboyultimate
    @veggieboyultimate 7 месяцев назад +8

    Factory farming is still a bigger emitter of greenhouse gases than airplanes.

    • @onemorechris
      @onemorechris 7 месяцев назад

      as long as we can blame a different group and split hairs over who has done what, we can avoid actually changing or doing anything

  • @juandavidbejarano6193
    @juandavidbejarano6193 7 месяцев назад +59

    Emissions are not the only problem, there is also the problem of the gigantic amount of land that is lost to raise the cows, I think that the lab meat have a better chance to solve the problem. but in the end there is no better solution than not consuming beef.

    • @josephtatum3687
      @josephtatum3687 7 месяцев назад +7

      bro cattles are raised on least fertile areas, learn about agricultural specialization

    • @kiuk_kiks
      @kiuk_kiks 7 месяцев назад +6

      Don’t they deforest a football pitch size of Brazilian rainforest every minute to make way for grazing land for cattle?

    • @dsur5547
      @dsur5547 7 месяцев назад +6

      not just land wasted on housing cows but also food we could be eating ourselves is fed to them

    • @kiuk_kiks
      @kiuk_kiks 7 месяцев назад +2

      @@dsur5547
      You wanna eat soya and corn grown for animal feed???

    • @beng4647
      @beng4647 7 месяцев назад +1

      The amount of methane won't change. The plants release methane whether a cow eats it or not.

  • @Enzo500S
    @Enzo500S 7 месяцев назад +38

    What do you mean "instead of" convincing people to eat less meat? Can't we do both at the same time? This is more classic coverage about "don't worry about your lifestyle, technology will save us" and very poor to see from Vox.

    • @Bob-2023
      @Bob-2023 7 месяцев назад

      Had the same thought... As if reducing methane by x% really solves anything. There are SO many other issues related to humans making a major portion of their plate filled with animals. Kinda shocked this came from Vox.

  • @Melissa0774
    @Melissa0774 7 месяцев назад +11

    I wonder if this could help people who have gastrointestinal problems that cause excess gas. Does anyone ever use this seaweed ad an anti gas medicine?

  • @shanegonzalez4015
    @shanegonzalez4015 7 месяцев назад +13

    Not farming them to begin with would be preferable and eliminate the problem entirely. Bandaid ‘fixes’ aren’t actual solutions.

    • @Mdgfievf
      @Mdgfievf 5 месяцев назад +1

      The global 14.5% GHG Emissions for livestock from the FAO Livestock’s long shadow is not a fair comparison of emissions across all the sectors because for livestock they used a complete life cycle analysis whereas for transportation they used tailpipe emissions only, not the entire life cycle analysis.
      According to the EPA, all livestock only represents 3.9% of the US GHG emissions, which is far lower than the 18-51% range many plant based advocates report.

  • @divyajeevan69
    @divyajeevan69 7 месяцев назад +26

    Eating them isn't a problem but their burps are 👏

    • @EY_YES
      @EY_YES 7 месяцев назад

      🌝🌠

    • @samsonsoturian6013
      @samsonsoturian6013 7 месяцев назад +2

      Neither are a problem, and we'll put you in for shock therapy if you say otherwise

    • @servant-of-the-federation
      @servant-of-the-federation 7 месяцев назад

      Yes, becuz its tasty

    • @Thefuryspeed100
      @Thefuryspeed100 7 месяцев назад +1

      Why would it be a problem?

    • @samsonsoturian6013
      @samsonsoturian6013 7 месяцев назад

      It isn't, but people want excuses to harass farmers@@Thefuryspeed100

  • @migfed
    @migfed 7 месяцев назад +4

    1.5 billion cows on this planet is equivalent to 5 people for 1 cow?

  • @PokhrajRoy.
    @PokhrajRoy. 7 месяцев назад +45

    If this video was made by Mr. Beast, it’d be “We gave 10,000 cows a sheet of nori during each meal and the cow with the least methane emission gets $10,000.”

    • @jnfunvufb
      @jnfunvufb 7 месяцев назад +2

      Let cows eat sushi

  • @AustenSummers
    @AustenSummers 7 месяцев назад +3

    Fun Fact: There were roughly the same number of bison in North America in 1400 as there are cows today.
    This is a classic case of industry diverting attention from more pressing environmental issues.

  • @ramjeesaradi
    @ramjeesaradi 7 месяцев назад +4

    Stop this needless suffering.😢

  • @ah-64apache84
    @ah-64apache84 7 месяцев назад +15

    come on xD climate explained by delta?? thats why changing peoples habits is not an option. better make the planes burp less! no cows! what

    • @ah-64apache84
      @ah-64apache84 7 месяцев назад

      oh and maybe delta also helps with shipping seaweed, i mean with e fuels its carbon neutral right? right?

  • @williamlai29
    @williamlai29 7 месяцев назад +3

    I have one important question. How was the experiment being conducted to conclude the methane production was reduce by 95%? Like, method used and on what scale to be specific.

  • @Imbatmn57
    @Imbatmn57 7 месяцев назад +36

    Also helps to feed them actual grass instead of feed as well as stop mass farming but you know seaweed is good too.

    • @placeholdername0000
      @placeholdername0000 7 месяцев назад +2

      Eh, actually, we should be working to make microbial proteins available ASAP. Would be a very nice supplement to the cows feed. Grass fed cows take up loads of land, mainly because unprocessed grass isn't very nutricious. Better to make some high quality feed and then spare some land from the plough. More forrests instead of just fields.

    • @stisca
      @stisca 7 месяцев назад +4

      Grass fed cows burp out more methane than grain fed one. So it's the other way around.

  • @euPhoRic9713
    @euPhoRic9713 7 месяцев назад +5

    Humans causing 90% of the issue but still we gotta focus on the 10% done by other animals

    • @christinavanbeek
      @christinavanbeek 7 месяцев назад

      Well humans are causing that issue as well by mass breeding animals in the billions every year, just to slaughter them and eat them. You can just eat plants. Easy enough

  • @connor.k
    @connor.k 7 месяцев назад +3

    oh man the irony of this video being sponsored by Delta. yeesh

  • @sealobo
    @sealobo 7 месяцев назад +2

    There are 20,000 jet liners flying in the sky RIGHT NOW. Why don’t you deal with THAT emission, genius?

  • @RyanThickett
    @RyanThickett 7 месяцев назад +3

    Seaweed may help but like, the best way to deal with animal agriculture killing the planet is to stop animal agriculture.

  • @anavila8107
    @anavila8107 7 месяцев назад +11

    We could also reduce emotions by cutting on consumption. We are looking at solutions that only prolong the causes of the problem. Carbon capture, putting algae on cows, I mean. The sistem is unsustainable and we need to change it, not try to take an aspirin and keep going until it collapses

  • @savedemperor8024
    @savedemperor8024 5 месяцев назад +3

    So first were cattle farts a climate catastrophe and now are burbs too? 🤣

  • @johnchessant3012
    @johnchessant3012 7 месяцев назад +12

    Or, you know, we could just consume less meat? Vegan burgers are getting closer and closer to the real thing. 100 people cutting their meat consumption by half is better than 10 people going full vegetarian.

    • @chriskay7233
      @chriskay7233 7 месяцев назад

      I'll eat what I want. You eat what you want. Cheers.

    • @RokkTheRock
      @RokkTheRock 6 месяцев назад +3

      @chriskay7233 no one said you couldn't, sweetie

  • @Coffeepanda294
    @Coffeepanda294 7 месяцев назад +31

    This is like replacing fossil fuel cars with electric cars. The problem persists, you just feel better because they're better in terms of one single metric.

    • @hsk1778
      @hsk1778 7 месяцев назад +4

      Good luck eliminating all cow consumption instead

    • @ninanando
      @ninanando 7 месяцев назад +2

      @@hsk1778minimizing does a lot more than you think.

    • @Sgtpeterenis
      @Sgtpeterenis 7 месяцев назад +2

      @@hsk1778 why don't we all start helping, then?

  • @RepublicOfWesternCanadaNOW
    @RepublicOfWesternCanadaNOW 5 месяцев назад +3

    This is peak idiocy. Ill never lower my meat intake.

  • @adambis337
    @adambis337 7 месяцев назад +27

    Why not tackle the problems directly by not breeding billions of land animals into existence in the first places if there are viable alternatives for protein, vitamins and minerals? The proposition of fixing emissions from the animal farming industry seems like running away from the problem and trying to fix a cracked wall with a band-aid. Eat less meat, more plant-based products and let do lab grown meat do it’s thing if people want to eat something that corresponds 1-to-1 to meat from animals.

    • @merajsodha6089
      @merajsodha6089 7 месяцев назад +4

      You didnt watch the video completely or you are just ignorant

    • @bradymccann
      @bradymccann 7 месяцев назад +4

      Lab grown meat is not the same. Be careful what you wish for

    • @flimphister
      @flimphister 7 месяцев назад +7

      ​@@merajsodha6089I guess you didn't either they said
      "once we figure out logistics of transporting seaweed we can do it"
      You mean the biggest problem as to why we're not doing it. Oh right. Great idea. Eating a plant based diet is logistical NOW. Not hypothetical

    • @adambis337
      @adambis337 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@bradymccann I think that would be a personal choice. I personally probably wouldn’t consume it. Some people would however.

    • @Munchausenification
      @Munchausenification 7 месяцев назад

      I will recycle, I will save power, I will drive an electric car, I will take public transport when I can and use my bike for smaller errands, I will buy used clothes and air dry it. What I cant make myself do is eat less meat. I already dont eat meat 2 days a week - I think that is good enough

  • @somenmaji7078
    @somenmaji7078 7 месяцев назад +2

    Awesome... the content you make and way it is presented is really appreciative

  • @ceus90
    @ceus90 4 месяца назад +4

    We need to eat more beef to avoid this problem 😋

    • @Sword2024
      @Sword2024 2 месяца назад

      That's what I thought 🤤

  • @MrCalverino
    @MrCalverino 7 месяцев назад +3

    Tell them to stop cutting down trees to pour concrete

  • @mikesheahan6906
    @mikesheahan6906 7 месяцев назад +8

    If we can spend just half of the research money on teaching cows to swim, we could move all cows offshore, and let them graze in the sea.

    • @pasta-and-heroin
      @pasta-and-heroin 7 месяцев назад

      who is behind the conspiracy to keep cows landlocked? we all know that their ancestors could swim before humans enslaved them. this is the solution nobody is talking about

  • @sonowgetup
    @sonowgetup 7 месяцев назад +1

    Liz Truss randomly popping up at 5.07 made me reflect that her 50-day tenure as British PM was essentially one big long burp!

  • @limbeboy7
    @limbeboy7 7 месяцев назад +2

    Now do one about how much Farts humans produce.

  • @Sunflowersarepretty
    @Sunflowersarepretty 7 месяцев назад +7

    Funny how this video is sponsored by an airline when planes have also the biggest carbon emissions. That aside its interesting how we can come up with revolutionary ideas like feeding sea weed to cows to reduce the methane. When there's a problem there's a solution. Ig

  • @cestca
    @cestca 7 месяцев назад +4

    Or, hear me out. We do switch to plant based and wait for cultured meat prices to come down.
    Overall win for everybody involved

    • @jxxxxx44
      @jxxxxx44 7 месяцев назад

      Not a win for me. Y'all can eat bugs and ride hoverboards while I enjoy my A5 wagyu and drive my V8 sportscar.

    • @chuckyfox9284
      @chuckyfox9284 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@jxxxxx44 So when you could choose between a world being destroyed by climate change, natural disasters everywhere, hundreds of millions of refugees being murdered at borders because their countries have become unliveable and the ones that are still habitable can't take any more people, and a world where you have to give up two things that, as much as you like to make them part of your identity, the absence of would at worst take the tiniest bit of quality of life away from you, you choose the first one?

    • @jxxxxx44
      @jxxxxx44 7 месяцев назад

      @@chuckyfox9284 I eat beef like once a week, and I take transit on weekdays, I only drive on weekends or when I need my car's trunk. Is that not enough for you?

    • @chuckyfox9284
      @chuckyfox9284 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@jxxxxx44 We were not talking about what you were doing, we were talking about if the world would be a better place if everyone went plant based (and gave up their cars).

    • @jxxxxx44
      @jxxxxx44 7 месяцев назад

      @@chuckyfox9284 what if everybody's doing what I'm doing? Just for the record I hate car dependant suburbs.

  • @hanstun1
    @hanstun1 7 месяцев назад +2

    The big problem is that we are digging up carbon rich material and turning them into co2. In a world where you have problems getting people onboard to fix this problem, can we please stop muddling the water with minor side issues. Get the world to stop burning fossil fuel and THEN we can worry about cows.

  • @JamesRoyceDawson
    @JamesRoyceDawson 7 месяцев назад +1

    The burping is a tiny fraction of the amount of greenhouse gases emitted and environmental damage done in raising cattle. Cutting that tiny percentage won't stop the far larger problems of soil depletion and deforestation.

  • @norwd
    @norwd 7 месяцев назад +5

    As neat as this is, I find it hard to take climate change advice from an airline :/

  • @WilfredWalterCarlos
    @WilfredWalterCarlos 7 месяцев назад +12

    How about ending animal agriculture altogether?? JFC Always looking for the right way to do the wrong thing. We're in overshoot anyway at this point.

    • @H3rraM4juri
      @H3rraM4juri 7 месяцев назад +4

      oh yeah lets end it and make all meat eaters mad that is how you gonna make everyone hate ya

    • @Sannidor
      @Sannidor 7 месяцев назад +2

      You have no idea how much we rely on animal products. It is a good thing. There's no "climate emergency", these scammers are lying.

    • @WilfredWalterCarlos
      @WilfredWalterCarlos 7 месяцев назад

      @@H3rraM4juri OH NO animal eaters will be mad? Better keep destroying the environment then, wouldn't want to upset anyone.

  • @paulgraham5790
    @paulgraham5790 6 месяцев назад +1

    Cattle emissions do not accumulate in the atmosphere, they break down meaning methane levels reach a particular level and stays there.

  • @jurrac8505
    @jurrac8505 7 месяцев назад +3

    how about just dont farm cows?

  • @lewisfensome8133
    @lewisfensome8133 7 месяцев назад +4

    Stop eating cows

  • @jellow242
    @jellow242 7 месяцев назад +2

    the fact that a climate change video is sponsored by an airline is, frankly, ridiculous. this IS interesting information, but we all know an even better way to improve the planet, so why don't we focus on something other than a possible percentage of four percent of emissions

  • @alexzylka4867
    @alexzylka4867 7 месяцев назад

    correct me if I'm wrong, but in the beginning of the video it stated that high carbohydrate diets instead of grass and hay reduce methane and now they're saying fatty acids reduce carbohydrates, thus reducing methane?

  • @samshebs3699
    @samshebs3699 7 месяцев назад +4

    Its amazing how long cows have been on the earth 🌎 and we are just now on the verge of blowing up 🧐🤔🤦‍♂️

  • @jsnoob7069
    @jsnoob7069 7 месяцев назад +30

    I think that theres no problem with delta presenting. Aviation accounts for 2.5%, and is impossible to change while cows are much easier to fix

    • @frankmedrisch7451
      @frankmedrisch7451 7 месяцев назад +2

      Easy? How? Only real way is reduce consumption. See Poore and Nemecek 2018: “Consumers can achieve emissions reductions at a scale not available to producers”

    • @theresalwaysanotherway3996
      @theresalwaysanotherway3996 7 месяцев назад

      it accounts for 2.5% of emmisions, but 4% of human induced global warming. It's just as bad as the cows.

    • @SamuelBeach
      @SamuelBeach 7 месяцев назад +3

      Easier than convincing the masses to be conscious

    • @HawkyStudying
      @HawkyStudying 7 месяцев назад +4

      Yeah, tell that to the the hundreds of millions of poor people in the world that rely un cattle to barely reach their caloric needs. You are a one percenter

    • @Nimta
      @Nimta 7 месяцев назад

      Pretty sure most of the remaining impoverished world is relying on grains, not livestock.

  • @Charlie-tc8sr
    @Charlie-tc8sr 7 месяцев назад +2

    Or we could stop relying on cows for food! Imagine!

  • @isaacthek
    @isaacthek 7 месяцев назад

    What about combining different additives?

  • @onemorechris
    @onemorechris 7 месяцев назад +3

    Americans in particular, but people in general, aren’t going to change what they eat, even if it means a shot at a habitable planet. The most stubborn people won’t accept a seaweed idea if if doesn’t also lower/maintain the price.

    • @stisca
      @stisca 7 месяцев назад

      Back of the envelope calculations suggest this approach doubles the cost of beef at current seaweed prices.

    • @onemorechris
      @onemorechris 7 месяцев назад

      @@stisca ouch. im guessing the venn diagram of people who would pay double and people who eat a lot of meat doesn’t represent a large group

    • @stisca
      @stisca 7 месяцев назад

      @@onemorechris yeah... Seaweed isn't going to save us. Or if it is, it is by being mandatory and making beef so expensive people will have to buy less of it.

    • @onemorechris
      @onemorechris 7 месяцев назад

      @@stisca agreed

  • @Suriyavanna
    @Suriyavanna 6 месяцев назад +3

    DELTA AIRLINES HAHAHAHAH

  • @Tylru
    @Tylru 7 месяцев назад +1

    World: Lower emissions
    Delta Airlines: Yeah, lower emissions.
    Cows: Okay, but why us first?

  • @GerblerM
    @GerblerM 7 месяцев назад +1

    Hey Vox. How about you show how much pollution the airline industry is responsible for on that graph right next to the livestock? Just so we're getting the full picture.

  • @krsnamax6494
    @krsnamax6494 7 месяцев назад +7

    When you need a good example of irony the first 0:58 seconds of this video will be exactly what you need.

    • @patrickbateman1660
      @patrickbateman1660 7 месяцев назад +2

      What dl want delta to do? Thrre is currently no lower carbon alternatives to planes

  • @AbrarPriyo
    @AbrarPriyo 7 месяцев назад +3

    holy cow 💀

  • @jeremymarat2462
    @jeremymarat2462 7 месяцев назад +1

    0:30 OMG this meat is more cooked than Anakin Skywalker ..... 😅

  • @bazza5699
    @bazza5699 7 месяцев назад +2

    it would be more healthy for humans to eat the seaweed than to eat meat..

  • @youknowme1475
    @youknowme1475 7 месяцев назад +3

    Would it reduce any carbon emissions if we stopped cutting down so many trees for a year?

  • @calebb8009
    @calebb8009 7 месяцев назад +28

    Thanks Vox for providing info on how to keep this holocaust continuing even longer!

    • @BuildinWings
      @BuildinWings 7 месяцев назад +5

      Serious question: Do you support lab meat?

    • @alecjahn
      @alecjahn 7 месяцев назад

      @@BuildinWings That's a good question, I guess... But do you still support Dietz products in this age?

    • @BuildinWings
      @BuildinWings 7 месяцев назад +3

      @@alecjahn LOL no. But I also have liver problems that keep me from processing plant-based lipids properly so I can't go vegan. I'd switch to lab meat in an instant.

    • @alecjahn
      @alecjahn 7 месяцев назад

      @@BuildinWings Hey, best of luck out there! I understand your predicament. Do what makes sense for you! I know how hard it can be to be progressive or mindful with dietary (or otherwise) restrictions.

  • @Larry-Jiao
    @Larry-Jiao 7 месяцев назад

    All I can suggest is that asking for donations followed by sponsored content is not the way content production should have gone.

  • @ericritchie6783
    @ericritchie6783 7 месяцев назад

    So... What would otherwise be expected of the vegetation the cows break down? Does vegetation not produce methane as it breaks down generally? How about all the methane now being released from vegetation thawing out of Arctic regions in Siberia and Canada ect?

  • @TheExtrovertedHermit
    @TheExtrovertedHermit 7 месяцев назад +3

    These comments did not disappoint 😂😂😂

  • @ReeseLightning
    @ReeseLightning 7 месяцев назад +1

    I saw this on Zac Efron's show Down To Earth, great stuff

  • @BuildinWings
    @BuildinWings 7 месяцев назад +2

    "Presented by Delta" harms your credibility here. It comes across like an airline paid you to shift blame.

  • @mikew4689
    @mikew4689 7 месяцев назад +3

    If cows were supposed to eat sea weed, they would live in the ocean. We already have a sea cow...Barbra Matinee!

  • @cormacorp
    @cormacorp 7 месяцев назад +7

    This doesn't solve the problem of wildlife destruction caused by cattle farming. We waste so much of our land raising cattle and growing food for them. I suggest a meat tax to really stop people's behaviour! Do people really care if their McDonalds burger is a vegan one? They mostly care about the cost.

    • @christinavanbeek
      @christinavanbeek 7 месяцев назад +2

      This, exactly. I'm sick of people trying to find loopholes, we need radical change

    • @samsonsoturian6013
      @samsonsoturian6013 7 месяцев назад +1

      Please leave farming to those of us that know vasic facts about farming

  • @milenad.k.2238
    @milenad.k.2238 7 месяцев назад

    “Got the methane, I’m a farter”
    - doja cow

  • @lostgleammedia
    @lostgleammedia 7 месяцев назад +1

    Has anyone thought of eating less meat as a solution, and supporting the organic businesses that are doing more for the planet than cow seaweed and the welfare of cows

  • @Rat__Wife
    @Rat__Wife 7 месяцев назад +3

    Or just like stop eating beef and dairy

  • @PokhrajRoy.
    @PokhrajRoy. 7 месяцев назад +4

    Seaweed is really interesting but I just hope it doesn’t become farmed to extinction although I fear it will.

    • @EY_YES
      @EY_YES 7 месяцев назад

      💲💲💲💲💲😤

  • @dvxAznxvb
    @dvxAznxvb 7 месяцев назад +1

    Looks like i need to get some red seaweed for my gas problems

  • @zachphillippy1965
    @zachphillippy1965 7 месяцев назад +1

    Wait I am so confused if there are 8 billion people on the earth how is 1.5 billions cows = 5 cows per person??? Someone explain!!!

  • @oguzalpsamli6823
    @oguzalpsamli6823 7 месяцев назад +18

    How about not raising and then killing these innocent animals by torture?

    • @alvaroprieto2092
      @alvaroprieto2092 7 месяцев назад +5

      then they should have evolved dexterous fingers and humongous brains and eaten us instead

    • @gtafreeek
      @gtafreeek 7 месяцев назад +15

      But they're really yummy in my tummy

    • @letniakuchnia6065
      @letniakuchnia6065 7 месяцев назад +1

      No

    • @alvaroprieto2092
      @alvaroprieto2092 7 месяцев назад

      @@gtafreeek unos tacos de lengua en salsa verde... o un caldito de res... mmm

    • @adambis337
      @adambis337 7 месяцев назад +2

      @@gtafreeekSensory satiation is a weak excuse for the harm that’s associated with it.

  • @JaeeMercer
    @JaeeMercer 7 месяцев назад +3

    I think cow burps are the least of the climate’s concerns… but that’s just me though.

  • @peanutbuttery6865
    @peanutbuttery6865 7 месяцев назад +1

    A video about methane emissions sponsored by an airline? The joke writes itself.

  • @nestoons4539
    @nestoons4539 7 месяцев назад

    Everyone is complaining about the Delta Airlines sponsorship I literally got an ad before the video about their commitment to zero carbon emissions and reduced plastic use

  • @sushrutsharma6927
    @sushrutsharma6927 7 месяцев назад +4

    What about the burps we get after eating cow 🤣🤣🤣

  • @DaWo97
    @DaWo97 7 месяцев назад +15

    go vegan

    • @H3rraM4juri
      @H3rraM4juri 7 месяцев назад +3

      oh and release all animals and let them over take land that we need survive within 10 to 20 years

    • @User-bl5cw
      @User-bl5cw 7 месяцев назад +3

      @@H3rraM4juriyou don’t know what you’re talking about

    • @H3rraM4juri
      @H3rraM4juri 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@User-bl5cw 💀

    • @adambis337
      @adambis337 7 месяцев назад +2

      @@H3rraM4juriIf at all this would be a gradual change induced by supply and demand. None of the things you mentioned would happen realistically.

    • @Sgtpeterenis
      @Sgtpeterenis 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@H3rraM4juri Do you think these animals currently exist in some kind of other plane of existence? They are already occupying land, and by breeding them, we are actively increasing that.

  • @TheAsimMohammed
    @TheAsimMohammed 7 месяцев назад +2

    Wait a minute! A video about the climate, is sponsored by Delta Airlines?!

  • @PushyPawn
    @PushyPawn 7 месяцев назад +1

    How clean and green are Airplanes right?..

  • @nickgehr6916
    @nickgehr6916 7 месяцев назад +13

    That's why we need to eat more of them.

  • @TheBagelBandit
    @TheBagelBandit 7 месяцев назад +3

    Lol ridiculous