<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3-Nitrooxypropanol" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3-Nitrooxypropanol</a><p>Wish the article had included this info about what exactly it is, but it seems like most articles these days are written for someone with a kindergarten level understanding of science.<p>Interestingly if you do this to a young calf it seems to change the microflora that develop in the digestive system, perhaps permanently even.<p><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-82084-9" rel="nofollow">https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-82084-9</a>
Is on this kind of measures where jevons paradox or the rebound effect kicks in. We will inclined to eat more meat because is more sustainable, and with that we neutralize the gains.
Also meat from Brazil is many times dependent on Amazon deforestation, so although I love picanha, I will not eat it anymore.
For those in Europe please press your government not to ratify the EU-Mercosul agreement that will increase the trade of soy meat and ethanol in exchange for Europe export more cars to America Latina. We should avoid meat and individual transports and try to invest in the local economy so this agreement doesn't make any sense
Consumers can also have a 100% reduction in methane production in cows by abstaining from purchasing cow products.<p>We have an ongoing tragedy of animal abuse, groundwater and air pollution, and various health problems -- all because of people's addiction to meat.
"as much as 55%" seems low since recent studies with seaweed have shown "over 80%" reduction in vivo.<p><a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0247820" rel="nofollow">https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal...</a>
On the plus side beef is an original superfood not only a complete protein with a full set of amino acids but also a highly compact dense efficiently transportable protein. Plus a byproduct is ice cream! Moderation required certainly. But for the good of my health and food transport carbon emissions I for one am prepared to fall on the occasional steak...
1.Sorry for the cynicism, but this approval is by Jair Bolsonaro's government, perhaps the most relevant Global Warming denier today. If it were meaningful it wouldn't be approved.<p>2. The overwhelming majority of beef production in Brazil is done by small producers that just don't care and are Bolsonaro's main supporters. The main problem with them is not even methane cow flatulence, is deforestation of the rain forest for making pastures.<p>3. The beef importers that could put some pressure on Brazil (e.g.: European Union) already gave up on importing Brazilian beef (since Bolsonaro began insulting Angela Merkel an Macron's wife).<p>4. JBS, the main beef processing company in the world, might use this as window dressing and to present a polished image overseas. But they're powerless to inspect how ranchers handle their cattle.
Approved for use, but will farmers use it?<p>What incentive do they have? Perhaps they should get 'methane credits', or 'methane fines'.
With the lesser methane production of the largest cattle pen, this Kettleman City, California, the land of millions of shit, can smell a bit better and that its nearby city of Los Banos (The Toilet) will be less of a wry joke.
Which is some fine news for World's Top Beef Supplier on Bloomberg.<p>What share of world wide greenhouse gas emissions by cow burbs is it again?<p>Around four percent?<p>So Brazil maybe two percent?<p>And they reduce them by what?
Let's say, by half?<p>That is one percent.<p>Well Okay...<p>It's a start.
Can someone explain to me how our planet managed global warming when billions of bisons, deers, cows, sheep and other animals roamed our planet before? How much methane did flocks of pigeons generate if they were so large that they were able to darken the sky?
Would be a lot better to reduce the number of cows... I'm doing my part, I'm eating less meat.<p>It reminds me of people that work out to loose weight... much easier to reduce the amount of calories you take in.
55% reduction in methanse is good, but its still a destructive and inefficient way to produce protein. Wish people would give up on beef and look into alternatives.