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"New Zealand, where agriculture is one of the largest contributors to climate
change, is proposing a tax on cow burps. The reason seems simple enough: Cows
release methane, a potent greenhouse gas, and New Zealand has a goal of
reaching net-zero emissions by midcentury. Right now, the country’s effects on
climate change come roughly equally from carbon dioxide and methane.
Worldwide, 150 governments have committed to cut methane emissions, both from
agriculture and by cracking down on the largest source – fugitive leaks from
natural gas pipelines and other fossil fuel infrastructure.
But is methane from cows really as bad for the climate as methane from fossil
fuels? And given its shorter lifetime in the atmosphere, is methane as bad as
carbon dioxide?
The answers involve renewable resources and the so-called circular economy.
Understanding the effectiveness of different strategies is important as
countries plan their routes to net-zero emissions, which is necessary for the
world to stop further climate change.
Moreover, emissions must not just reach net-zero, they must stay there."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
