Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

General Discussion

hunter

(38,343 posts)

10. Industrial scale dairy farming is pretty gross...

Reply to WhiteTara (Original post)

Fri Jan 21, 2022, 01:35 PM

Jan 2022

... and it's probably a very inappropriate use of California's increasingly scarce water resources.

I don't think cheap beef and dairy products are a human right.

I'm not a radical vegan, I'll serve meat and dairy products when I'm cooking for carnivorous family, and yes I have been a hunter, and I've caught a lot of fish, but here in the 21st century with the world population approaching 8 billion people we've all got to consider the environmental impacts of what we eat.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/ideas/videos/what-if-the-whole-world-went-vegan/p082l2r8

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

11 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

This California Dairy Farm's Secret Ingredient for Clean Electricity: Cow Poop [View all] WhiteTara Jan 2022 OP

I wonder what they do with the hydrogen sulfide. nt Phoenix61 Jan 2022 #1

Methane is still a fossil fuel DarwinsRetriever Jan 2022 #2

Bacteria convert poop to methane, Gruenemann Jan 2022 #4

Exactly. Cows are not going to stop pooping. brush Jan 2022 #11

here's the secret WhiteTara Jan 2022 #5

So what happens to the carbon in the methane? GregariousGroundhog Jan 2022 #7

Beat me to it. sl8 Jan 2022 #9

Assuming we don't stop dairy farming, 18 grams of CO2 is better than 14 grams of CH4 GregariousGroundhog Jan 2022 #6

Barter Town bmbmd Jan 2022 #3

I love this! BeckyDem Jan 2022 #8

Industrial scale dairy farming is pretty gross... hunter Jan 2022 #10