Finally someone did the cows vs. bison math, and we have WAY more cows. But the "we've always had bison" is a weird argument anyway. So what? The fact that some other ruminant emitted historical methane has no bearing on cows today.
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What’s funny is those people are the type to try and keep evolution from being taught in schools then turn around on the internet and site evolution as justification for animal agriculture
sep 5, 2025, 12:40 pm • 0 0 • view
To the latter point… I think there is something to thinking there “should” be a good number of ruminants in our ecosystems… like bisons played very important roles in prairie ecosystems creating habitat for other creatures & helping to store carbon in soils (as I understand it)
sep 5, 2025, 2:06 pm • 0 0 • view
Sure but that has nothing to do with methane. It's the *methane* argument I'm taking issue with. As another replier pointed out, there are other arguments for ruminants (and wildfire can certainly have C impact).
sep 5, 2025, 2:07 pm • 1 0 • view
Especially because cattle are not native to North America. They're essentially an invasive species.
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