Free Range Cows Have Environmental Cost

[dwivian]

Cattle Production Report: "[U]sing a model system endorsed by sustainable agriculture advocates and the emissions factors stipulated by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, we find that organic grass-fed beef production requires three times more land and results in 60 percent more greenhouse gas emissions (excluding N2O) compared to grain feeding with the aid of growth promoting hormones." (emphasis mine).

Wow.... so... best to keep them locked up and immobile? MY ECO BRAIN IS HURTING!

Comments

[martinhesselius.livejournal.com]

*Shrug*
Define best?
Are you alive?
Then you'll have an impact on the world.
And since we're all a part of it, that's OK.
Just figure out what you want to do, and what's acceptable.
(Guess who'd like to see some more partisan-free science in schools? ;) )