Heretical_i<p>Starting the day with <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/CowFarts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CowFarts</span></a>😎</p><p>"Your periodic reminder that a cow cannot add a single atom of <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/carbon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carbon</span></a> to the atmosphere that wasn't previously removed from the atmosphere by a plant.</p><p>So, cows cannot increase atmospheric CO2, they merely recycle <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/CO2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CO2</span></a>. It's not a new source of carbon.</p><p>And without <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/cows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cows</span></a>, bacteria would, over time, rot plant fibers and return the exact same amount of carbon to the atmosphere."</p><p>Opposing view, and a <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/FACTCHECK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FACTCHECK</span></a> 👉true👈, from UC Davis Ag... <a href="https://clear.ucdavis.edu/explainers/biogenic-carbon-cycle-and-cattle" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">clear.ucdavis.edu/explainers/b</span><span class="invisible">iogenic-carbon-cycle-and-cattle</span></a></p>